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Ottumwa, IA Micro Area

35,265 Population
431.8 square miles 81.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$33,337 ±$2,764 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$60,034 ±$3,024 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

16.7% ±3% (5,743  ±1,019) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

19.6 minutes ±1.8 (301,760  ±29,761) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

14,088 ±320 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (34,429  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.9% ±1.8% (515  ±134) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

15,740 ±33 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$112,900 ±$6,957 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

11.8% ±1.8% (4,089  ±631) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

87.7% ±3.7% (21,058  ±892.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
19.4% ±2.1% (4,665  ±492.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

9.2% (3,239  ±307) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.5% ±1% (1,746  ±263) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,746 Total veterans ±263 1,625 Male ±244 121 Female ±76

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