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Ottawa, IL Urban Area

19,891 Population
9.9 square miles 1,999.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±3.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,662 ±$5,167 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,309 ±$8,115 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.6% ±3.3% (3,200  ±632) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22 minutes ±2 (186,745  ±21,610) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,257 ±352 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (19,483  ±514) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.7% ±3.3% (330  ±144) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,951 ±346 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$154,900 ±$7,110 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.3% ±2.9% (2,411  ±568.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.6% ±4.4% (12,556  ±782.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.6% ±2.8% (3,099  ±401.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths 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

3% ±1% (586  ±203) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±1.7% (1,189  ±263) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,189 Total veterans ±263 1,085 Male ±269 104 Female ±58

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