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Ottawa, KS Urban Area

12,531 Population
6.3 square miles 1,988.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,334 ±$1,916 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$65,809 ±$13,100 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

10.8% ±3.1% (1,300  ±372) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

21.3 minutes ±1.9 (122,210  ±13,968) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

5,075 ±187 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (12,001  ±104) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.2% ±3.5% (161  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

5,443 ±201 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$165,300 ±$6,162 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

17.2% ±4.4% (2,131  ±541.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

94.4% ±7% (7,608  ±607.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
27.3% ±4.2% (2,197  ±346.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent 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

1.1% ±0.5% (131  ±61) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

9.5% ±2.5% (907  ±242) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
907 Total veterans ±242 713 Male ±180 194 Female ±136

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