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Ottawa, KS

12,592 Population
10.3 square miles 1,220 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 39.6 ±0.9
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37 ±0.2

Economics

$27,570 ±$2,044 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $29,874 ±$1,422
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $34,968 ±$345
$56,091 ±$8,853 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $63,996 ±$4,562
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $64,521 ±$344

11.4% ±3.4% (1,376  ±410) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 8.8% † 2,219 (±1.7% / ±435)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 327,209 (±0.2% / ±6,452)

20.3 minutes ±1.8 (118,495  ±13,728) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 23.9 287,465 (±1.2 / ±18,807)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.6 25,975,850 (±0.1 / ±205,663)

Families

4,985 ±233 Number of households
  • the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 10,018 ±268
  • Kansas: 1,139,738 ±3,775
2.4 ±0.1 (12,093  ±164) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 2.5 25,354 (±0.1 / ±176)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,856,396 (±0)

2.5% ±2% (77  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 3.7% † 211 (±1.7% / ±101)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,014 (±0.2% / ±1,387)

Housing

5,445 ±203 Number of housing units
  • the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 11,138 ±79
  • Kansas: 1,272,290 ±545

$132,300 ±$7,994 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $152,600 ±$8,462
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $164,800 ±$818

17.1% ±4.5% (2,151  ±570.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 13.3% † 3,425 (±2.7% / ±692.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 15.7% 456,346 (±0.3% / ±8,054.4)

Social

94.2% ±6.3% (7,660  ±582.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 92.8% 16,139 (±4.1% / ±736.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.6% 1,760,658 (±0.5% / ±9,353.4)
26.9% ±3.9% (2,188  ±323.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 23% † 4,004 (±2.4% / ±415.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 34.4% 661,235 (±0.3% / ±5,637.8)

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

2% ±1% (251  ±124) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 2.4% † 612 (±0.6% / ±165)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7% 205,076 (±0.1% / ±3,686)

8.8% ±2.7% (845  ±259) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 10.1% † 1,998 (±1.8% / ±350)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.6% 167,573 (±0.1% / ±3,026)
845 Total veterans ±259 673 Male ±167 172 Female ±136

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