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Ottawa, IL

18,708 Population
14.9 square miles 1,256 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 42.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$33,444 ±$2,346 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: $35,839 ±$775
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $43,198 ±$199
$67,940 ±$6,737 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: $67,181 ±$1,469
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $78,433 ±$297

18.3% ±3.8% (3,303  ±691) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 13.2% 19,115 (±1.1% / ±1,530)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,467,893 (±0.1% / ±16,574)

23.2 minutes ±2.1 (189,810  ±21,545) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 24.6 1,638,985 (±0.7 / ±53,455)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.4 154,142,480 (±0.1 / ±641,806)

Families

7,634 ±377 Number of households
  • the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 61,431 ±591
  • Illinois: 4,968,761 ±7,953
2.4 ±0.1 (18,299  ±587) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 2.4 144,812 (±0 / ±85)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,480,854

9.5% ±3.5% (372  ±140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 6.5% † 1,951 (±0.8% / ±252)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 5.1% 152,825 (±0.1% / ±3,352)

Housing

8,544 ±380 Number of housing units
  • the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 68,507 ±139
  • Illinois: 5,427,357 ±1,016

$140,200 ±$8,420 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: $142,100 ±$2,796
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $239,100 ±$749

13.5% ±2.7% (2,487  ±,494.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 10% 14,734 (±0.8% / ±1,093.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,494,528 (±0.1% / ±15,496.9)

Social

91.5% ±3.9% (11,920  ±,699.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 91% 95,831 (±1.6% / ±1,707.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.1% 7,883,680 (±0.3% / ±22,258.1)
20.5% ±2.5% (2,668  ±,347.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 19.3% 20,316 (±0.8% / ±,820.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 36.7% 3,207,450 (±0.2% / ±14,003.2)

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

3.3% ±1.2% (625  ±221) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 3.3% 4,898
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 14.2% 1,804,681

7% ±1.8% (996  ±258) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 7.7% 9,035 (±0.5% / ±553)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 5.2% 518,426 (±0.1% / ±6,053)
996 Total veterans ±258 914 Male ±259 82 Female ±52

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