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Ottawa, KS

12,260 Population
9.9 square miles 1,242.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 40 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 36.7 ±0.2

Economics

$24,444 ±$1,613 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $26,998 ±$1,094
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $31,814 ±$218
$46,808 ±$4,385 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $56,582 ±$3,044
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $59,597 ±$337

13.9% ±3.6% (1,637  ±423) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 9.8% † 2,441 (±1.9% / ±468)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 12% 337,739 (±0.2% / ±5,822)

19.8 minutes ±1.7 (113,400  ±11,814) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 23.9 289,210 (±1.2 / ±18,223)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.4 26,562,375 (±0.1 / ±168,786)

Families

5,028 ±209 Number of households
  • the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 10,118 ±278
  • Kansas: 1,129,227 ±4,275
2.3 ±0.1 (11,760  ±162) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 2.5 24,946 (±0.1 / ±184)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,830,428 (±0)

4.3% ±2.8% (133  ±85) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 5.4% † 302 (±1.7% / ±96)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 5.8% 38,563 (±0.2% / ±1,213)

Housing

5,642 ±187 Number of housing units
  • the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 11,246 ±72
  • Kansas: 1,273,297 ±545

$109,000 ±$9,064 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $128,000 ±$7,456
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $151,900 ±$682

16.4% ±3.9% (1,992  ±471.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 11.8% † 2,976 (±2.1% / ±531.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 16.2% 466,908 (±0.3% / ±7,541.9)

Social

91.5% ±6.1% (7,132  ±520.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 92.2% 15,772 (±3.8% / ±656.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91% 1,730,153 (±0.4% / ±7,694)
22.6% ±3% (1,759  ±239.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 20.4% 3,492 (±1.8% / ±311)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 33.4% 635,070 (±0.3% / ±4,816.1)

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

2.1% ±1% (252  ±116) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 1.8% † 448 (±0.6% / ±149)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,845 (±0.1% / ±3,367)

7.4% ±1.8% (690  ±167) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 8.6% † 1,657 (±1% / ±202)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 8.1% 176,444 (±0.1% / ±2,086)
690 Total veterans ±167 621 Male ±141 69 Female ±59

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