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Ottawa, KS

12,678 Population
10.3 square miles 1,228.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 39.7 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$33,124 ±$2,656 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $34,973 ±$1,560
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$71,699 ±$12,962 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $77,207 ±$6,413
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

9.1% ±2.9% (1,112  ±356) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 8.7% † 2,209 (±1.7% / ±429)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

20.2 minutes ±1.9 (118,685  ±14,539) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 23.4 274,360 (±1.4 / ±20,620)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

5,233 ±228 Number of households
  • the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 10,409 ±275
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.3 ±0.1 (12,150  ±32) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 2.5 25,468 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

5.6% ±3.3% (166  ±98) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 6.5% † 367 (±2.5% / ±142)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

5,583 ±195 Number of housing units
  • the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 11,310 ±31
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$166,500 ±$7,220 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $198,700 ±$14,900
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

16.2% ±4.2% (2,019  ±519.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 11.9% † 3,080 (±2.2% / ±572.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

94.1% ±7.2% (7,722  ±645.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 92.7% 16,477 (±4.5% / ±814.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
25.8% ±4.1% (2,118  ±346.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 24.6% † 4,366 (±2.5% / ±447.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

2.1% ±1% (260  ±121) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 2% 530
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

9.3% ±2.6% (909  ±252) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 8.9% † 1,778 (±1.5% / ±307)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
909 Total veterans ±252 726 Male ±176 183 Female ±136

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