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Ottawa, KS

12,308 Population
10.3 square miles 1,192.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 40 ±0.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,256 ±$1,934 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $27,534 ±$1,047
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$47,233 ±$4,697 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $55,873 ±$3,925
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

14.9% ±3.6% (1,761  ±430) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 10.9% † 2,718 (±1.9% / ±471)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

19.8 minutes ±2 (110,740  ±13,041) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 24 286,015 (±1 / ±15,675)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

5,031 ±249 Number of households
  • the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 10,190 ±280
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2.4 ±0.1 (11,802  ±142) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 2.5 25,028 (±0.1 / ±159)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

2.9% ±2.2% (86  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 3.8% † 209 (±1.7% / ±93)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)

Housing

5,514 ±240 Number of housing units
  • the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 11,271 ±95
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$114,700 ±$10,436 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $138,500 ±$9,091
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

16.8% ±3.8% (2,058  ±468) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 12.7% † 3,220 (±2.2% / ±554.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

93.3% ±6.4% (7,364  ±580.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 92.4% 15,901 (±4.2% / ±740.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
22.5% ±3.5% (1,775  ±282.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 20.1% † 3,464 (±2.1% / ±361.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

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

1.8% ±0.9% (215  ±107) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 2% † 502 (±0.6% / ±146)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

8% ±1.7% (751  ±160) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 9.7% † 1,884 (±1.3% / ±243)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
751 Total veterans ±160 726 Male ±157 25 Female ±30

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