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Ottawa, KS

12,632 Population
10.3 square miles 1,223.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 40.1 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$31,893 ±$2,184 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $34,403 ±$1,579
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$64,655 ±$12,717 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $72,142 ±$6,333
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

10.7% ±3.1% (1,300  ±372) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 9.7% † 2,444 (±1.9% / ±485)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

21.6 minutes ±2.1 (124,270  ±14,956) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 24 284,530 (±1.6 / ±21,585)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

5,134 ±193 Number of households
  • the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 10,289 ±216
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.4 ±0.1 (12,102  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 2.5 25,349 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

5.2% ±3.4% (161  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 6.4% † 368 (±2.6% / ±152)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

5,530 ±203 Number of housing units
  • the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 11,239 ±32
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$165,700 ±$6,350 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $187,400 ±$10,985
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

17.2% ±4.4% (2,153  ±546.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 12.9% † 3,324 (±2.5% / ±630.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

94.5% ±7% (7,688  ±612.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 92.2% 16,272 (±4.7% / ±834.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
27.5% ±4.2% (2,238  ±351.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 25.3% † 4,463 (±2.6% / ±455.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

1% ±0.5% (131  ±61) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 2.1% 556
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

9.5% ±2.5% (911  ±240) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 9.8% † 1,959 (±1.5% / ±299)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
911 Total veterans ±240 717 Male ±179 194 Female ±136

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