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Ottumwa, IA

25,352 Population
16.1 square miles 1,578.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 39.9 ±1.1
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$31,698 ±$3,313 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: $33,337 ±$2,764
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$56,994 ±$3,209 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: $60,034 ±$3,024
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

18.9% ±3.5% (4,641  ±861) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 16.7% † 5,743 (±3% / ±1,019)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

17.2 minutes ±1.3 (193,475  ±17,616) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 19.6 301,760 (±1.8 / ±29,761)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

10,213 ±311 Number of households
  • the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 14,088 ±320
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.4 ±0.1 (24,583  ±39) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 2.4 34,429 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

7.4% ±2.1% (418  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 6.9% † 515 (±1.8% / ±134)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

11,525 ±221 Number of housing units
  • the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 15,740 ±33
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$92,400 ±$7,343 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: $112,900 ±$6,957
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

13.7% ±2.4% (3,422  ±587.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 11.8% † 4,089 (±1.8% / ±631)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

85.6% ±4.6% (14,527  ±814) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 87.7% 21,058 (±3.7% / ±892.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
20.1% ±2.6% (3,406  ±451.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 19.4% † 4,665 (±2.1% / ±492.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.3% ±1.2% (3,123  ±295) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 9.2% 3,239
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

6.2% ±1.3% (1,188  ±252) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 6.5% † 1,746 (±1% / ±263)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
1,188 Total veterans ±252 1,091 Male ±234 97 Female ±69

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