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Ottumwa Community School District, IA

29,498 Population
131.1 square miles 225 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wapello County: 39.2 ±0.9
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,962 ±$2,095 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Wapello County: $33,358 ±$2,144
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,885 ±$4,554 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Wapello County: $64,766 ±$4,224
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.1% ±3.1% (4,904  ±881) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wapello County: 15.8% † 5,464 (±2.6% / ±897)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.1 minutes ±1.9 (241,085  ±26,962) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Wapello County: 20 301,615 (±1.7 / ±27,873)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,691 ±300 Number of households
  • Wapello County: 13,997 ±276
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (28,630  ±472) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wapello County: 2.5 34,482 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.3% ±2.5% (466  ±159) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Wapello County: 7.2% † 541 (±2% / ±155)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,241 ±208 Number of housing units
  • Wapello County: 15,730 ±34
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$120,700 ±$8,763 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Wapello County: $125,100 ±$7,732
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.7% ±2.1% (3,690  ±606.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Wapello County: 12.1% † 4,214 (±1.8% / ±610.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.5% ±3.9% (17,435  ±832.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wapello County: 88.6% 21,264 (±3.6% / ±869.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.6% ±2.4% (4,100  ±488.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wapello County: 19.6% † 4,708 (±2.1% / ±498.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • 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

11.9% ±1.3% (3,502  ±378) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wapello County: 9.9% 3,510
  • about double the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±1% (1,164  ±233) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Wapello County: 5.4% † 1,462 (±0.9% / ±229)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,164 Total veterans ±233 1,083 Male ±220 81 Female ±55

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