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Ottawa, OH

4,439 Population
4.5 square miles 976.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±4.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Putnam County: 40 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,044 ±$4,062 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Putnam County: $38,660 ±$1,368
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $39,455 ±$153
$66,268 ±$11,482 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Putnam County: $82,785 ±$3,353
  • a little less than the amount in Ohio: $69,680 ±$287

10% ±4.1% (435  ±178) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Putnam County: 7.1% † 2,427 (±1.5% / ±502)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 13.2% 1,519,610 (±0.2% / ±19,289)

20.5 minutes ±2.7 (40,960  ±6,573) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Putnam County: 22.1 350,295 (±1.1 / ±19,949)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

1,712 ±140 Number of households
  • Putnam County: 13,173 ±169
  • Ohio: 4,829,571 ±8,204
2.5 ±0.2 (4,353  ±17) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Putnam County: 2.6 33,989 (±0 / ±14)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,487,883

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,860 ±162 Number of housing units
  • Putnam County: 13,870 ±43
  • Ohio: 5,271,573 ±770

$175,300 ±$37,417 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Putnam County: $191,600 ±$5,933
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $199,200 ±$485

5.9% ±3.9% (262  ±172.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Putnam County: 5.5% † 1,878 (±1.2% / ±389.4)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 12.4% 1,448,007 (±0.2% / ±16,933.5)

Social

93.7% ±9.3% (2,680  ±315.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Putnam County: 94.7% 21,783 (±3.3% / ±753.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.6% 7,442,790 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
33.6% ±5.8% (961  ±175.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Putnam County: 26.3% 6,052 (±1.8% / ±410.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 31% 2,514,129 (±0.2% / ±13,218.6)

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

1.2% ±1% (53  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Putnam County: 1.6% 555
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ohio: 5% 593,142

3.5% ±1.8% (117  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Putnam County: 4.7% † 1,206 (±0.8% / ±192)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 626,617 (±0.1% / ±5,437)
117 Total veterans ±61 117 Male ±61 N/A Female ±13

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