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Ottumwa, IA Micro Area

35,362 Population
431.8 square miles 81.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,358 ±$2,144 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,766 ±$4,224 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.8% ±2.6% (5,464  ±897) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20 minutes ±1.7 (301,615  ±27,873) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

13,997 ±276 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (34,482  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.2% ±2% (541  ±155) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,730 ±34 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$125,100 ±$7,732 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.1% ±1.8% (4,214  ±610.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.6% ±3.6% (21,264  ±869.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.6% ±2.1% (4,708  ±498.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

9.9% (3,510  ±378) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±0.9% (1,462  ±229) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,462 Total veterans ±229 1,381 Male ±220 81 Female ±55

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