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Ottawa County, OH

39,994 Population
254.7 square miles 157 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,306 ±$6,471 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,101 ±$3,220 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.4% ±1.4% (3,319  ±532) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.8 minutes ±1.7 (423,800  ±33,717) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

18,504 ±406 Number of households
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (39,420  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6% ±2.4% (427  ±172) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

28,911 ±42 Number of housing units
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$219,900 ±$7,998 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.8% ±1.7% (3,497  ±683.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.4% ±3.2% (28,772  ±986.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.5% ±1.6% (8,995  ±494.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about 80 percent of 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

0.8% (327  ±85) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±0.9% (2,589  ±311) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,589 Total veterans ±311 2,454 Male ±291 135 Female ±62

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