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Ottawa, OH

4,441 Population
4.5 square miles 976.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±5.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Putnam County: 40.6 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,934 ±$5,707 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Putnam County: $39,590 ±$1,603
  • about the same as the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,950 ±$19,646 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Putnam County: $84,928 ±$3,549
  • about the same as the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.6% ±3.5% (372  ±151) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Putnam County: 5.5% † 1,862 (±1% / ±336)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.8 minutes ±3.2 (46,295  ±8,127) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Putnam County: 22.3 349,520 (±1.2 / ±20,802)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,776 ±149 Number of households
  • Putnam County: 13,153 ±206
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (4,340  ±22) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Putnam County: 2.6 33,941 (±0 / ±15)
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,920 ±180 Number of housing units
  • Putnam County: 13,884 ±44
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$190,700 ±$26,728 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Putnam County: $201,100 ±$8,332
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.1% ±2.7% (183  ±120.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Putnam County: 4.3% † 1,469 (±0.8% / ±278.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.7% ±10% (2,823  ±341.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Putnam County: 95.3% 22,004 (±3.2% / ±740.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33% ±5.9% (985  ±185.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Putnam County: 26.4% 6,086 (±1.7% / ±396)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.7% ±0.7% (30  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Putnam County: 1.6% 532
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.6% ±2.2% (160  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Putnam County: 4.6% † 1,173 (±0.7% / ±175)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
160 Total veterans ±76 160 Male ±76 N/A Female ±13

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