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Ottawa County, KS

5,768 Population
720.7 square miles 8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$34,893 ±$2,152 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$74,551 ±$5,658 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

10.4% ±2.5% (589  ±142) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

23.9 minutes ±2.3 (64,435  ±6,985) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

2,374 ±82 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.4 ±0.1 (5,668  ±5) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

7.5% ±3.6% (82  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

2,680 ±35 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$157,800 ±$15,377 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

10.1% ±3.5% (578  ±,202.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

94.8% ±5.5% (3,829  ±,224.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
23.7% ±2.7% (957  ±,110.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

1.2% (70  ±37) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

6.9% ±1.6% (307  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
307 Total veterans ±69 266 Male ±58 41 Female ±31

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