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Ottumwa Community School District, IA

29,475 Population
131.1 square miles 224.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wapello County: 39.9 ±1.1
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$32,484 ±$2,755 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Wapello County: $33,337 ±$2,764
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$58,656 ±$2,777 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wapello County: $60,034 ±$3,024
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

18.3% ±3.4% (5,217  ±989) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wapello County: 16.7% † 5,743 (±3% / ±1,019)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

18.6 minutes ±2.2 (241,015  ±29,997) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Wapello County: 19.6 301,760 (±1.8 / ±29,761)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

11,861 ±329 Number of households
  • Wapello County: 14,088 ±320
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.4 ±0.1 (28,651  ±543) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wapello County: 2.4 34,429 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

7% ±1.9% (444  ±124) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Wapello County: 6.9% † 515 (±1.8% / ±134)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

13,280 ±215 Number of housing units
  • Wapello County: 15,740 ±33
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$107,300 ±$8,178 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Wapello County: $112,900 ±$6,957
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

12.6% ±2.1% (3,641  ±624.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wapello County: 11.8% † 4,089 (±1.8% / ±631)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

86.7% ±4% (17,445  ±859.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wapello County: 87.7% 21,058 (±3.7% / ±892.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
19.9% ±2.3% (4,011  ±467.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wapello County: 19.4% † 4,665 (±2.1% / ±492.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

10.9% ±1% (3,210  ±309) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wapello County: 9.2% 3,239
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

6.4% ±1.2% (1,455  ±268) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Wapello County: 6.5% † 1,746 (±1% / ±263)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
1,455 Total veterans ±268 1,358 Male ±249 97 Female ±69

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