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Ottumwa, IA Urban Area

24,699 Population
12.8 square miles 1,928 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,700 ±$3,372 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$57,032 ±$3,106 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

19% ±3.6% (4,545  ±860) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

17.3 minutes ±1.4 (188,230  ±17,620) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

9,942 ±354 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (23,930  ±252) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

7.6% ±2.1% (418  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

11,230 ±219 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$92,000 ±$7,079 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

14% ±2.4% (3,397  ±583.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

85.4% ±4.6% (14,115  ±804.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
19.7% ±2.6% (3,262  ±438) 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

12.4% ±1.2% (3,070  ±290) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6% ±1.3% (1,125  ±247) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,125 Total veterans ±247 1,028 Male ±232 97 Female ±69

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