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Ottawa, KS

12,615 Population
10.3 square miles 1,222.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 40.2 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,179 ±$2,272 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $32,997 ±$1,564
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$61,927 ±$12,534 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $68,217 ±$5,387
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

9.7% ±2.6% (1,169  ±315) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 8.3% † 2,100 (±1.4% / ±355)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

21.4 minutes ±1.8 (120,905  ±13,609) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 24.1 280,405 (±1.3 / ±19,270)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

5,060 ±221 Number of households
  • the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 10,185 ±242
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.4 ±0.1 (12,065  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 2.5 25,307 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

5.7% ±3.5% (173  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 6% † 340 (±2.3% / ±133)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

5,501 ±185 Number of housing units
  • the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 11,180 ±32
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$158,000 ±$7,526 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $175,500 ±$9,224
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

17.3% ±4.4% (2,161  ±,549.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 13.4% † 3,446 (±2.6% / ±,665.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

93.1% ±6.9% (7,594  ±,620.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 92% 16,204 (±4.6% / ±,815.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
27.6% ±4.4% (2,255  ±,364.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 23.9% † 4,215 (±2.6% / ±,466.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

1.5% ±0.7% (183  ±83) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 2.4% 626
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

9.2% ±2.5% (885  ±237) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 10.7% † 2,119 (±1.5% / ±303)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
885 Total veterans ±237 706 Male ±169 179 Female ±139

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