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Ottumwa, IA Urban Area

24,956 Population
12.8 square miles 1,948.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,608 ±$2,260 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,285 ±$4,319 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.1% ±3.1% (4,135  ±739) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18 minutes ±1.5 (193,040  ±18,902) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,765 ±304 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (24,174  ±247) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8% ±2.8% (459  ±160) 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

11,162 ±222 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$106,200 ±$8,998 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.2% ±2.4% (3,486  ±598.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.3% ±4.4% (14,155  ±765.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.3% ±2.7% (3,331  ±445.5) 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

13.6% ±1.5% (3,381  ±370) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.5% ±1.2% (846  ±225) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
846 Total veterans ±225 765 Male ±210 81 Female ±55

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