Ottawa, WI (Wisconsin) Houses and Residents
| Ottawa: | $445,530 |
| Wisconsin: | $252,800 |
Total population: 3,859 (Urban population: 1,121, Rural population: 2,681 (167 farm, 2,514 nonfarm))
Houses: 1,421 (1,354 occupied: 1,242 owner occupied, 112 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 8% |
| State: | 32% |
Housing density: 41 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $351,736.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,475 (lower quartile is $1,227, upper quartile is $1,988)
Median gross rent in Ottawa, WI in 2022: $1,578
Housing units in Ottawa with a mortgage: 849 (113 second mortgage, 151 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 231
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Household type by relationship:
Households: 384,241- In family households: 331,339 (87,173 male householders, 21,637 female householders)
92,734 spouses, 115,331 children (108,457 natural, 3,236 adopted, 3,638 stepchildren), 3,371 grandchildren, 1,815 brothers or sisters, 1,916 parents, foster children, 1,586 other relatives, 4,454 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 52,902 (19,112 male householders (14,687 living alone)), 24,741 female householders (21,599 living alone)), 9,049 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5,650 (2,650 institutionalized population)
79,134 married couples with children.
11,810 single-parent households (2,962 men, 8,848 women).
96.5% of residents of Ottawa speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
Foreign born population: 45 (1.0%)
(93.3% of them are naturalized citizens)
| Here: | 6.9 |
| State: | 6.5 |
| Here: | 3.0 |
| State: | 4.1 |
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Ottawa, Wisconsin
- 3no bedroom
- 351 bedroom
- 1062 bedrooms
- 7943 bedrooms
- 2594 bedrooms
- 455+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ottawa, Wisconsin
- 3no bedroom
- 361 bedroom
- 612 bedrooms
- 83 bedrooms
- 04 bedrooms
- 45+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Ottawa in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 6no vehicle
- 1591 vehicle
- 6122 vehicles
- 3493 vehicles
- 764 vehicles
- 405+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Ottawa in renter-occupied apartments
- 36no vehicle
- 611 vehicle
- 152 vehicles
- 03 vehicles
- 04 vehicles
- 05+ vehicles
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Ottawa, Wisconsin
- 31 room
- 02 rooms
- 63 rooms
- 414 rooms
- 1685 rooms
- 3836 rooms
- 2577 rooms
- 2138 rooms
- 1719+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ottawa, Wisconsin
- 31 room
- 152 rooms
- 243 rooms
- 414 rooms
- 155 rooms
- 106 rooms
- 07 rooms
- 08 rooms
- 49+ rooms
Ottawa, WI household income distribution
- 6,272Less than $10,000
- 7,611$10,000 to $19,999
- 8,582$20,000 to $29,999
- 10,377$30,000 to $39,999
- 9,143$40,000 to $49,999
- 10,150$50,000 to $59,999
- 18,572$60,000 to $74,999
- 24,292$75,000 to $99,999
- 22,058$100,000 to $124,999
- 17,367$125,000 to $149,999
- 22,584$150,000 to $199,999
- 31,121$200,000 or more
Percentage of workers working in this county: 80.6%
Number of people working at home: 368 (15.2% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
- Less than 5 minutes: 21
- 5 to 9 minutes: 104
- 10 to 14 minutes: 158
- 15 to 19 minutes: 218
- 20 to 24 minutes: 282
- 25 to 29 minutes: 259
- 30 to 34 minutes: 268
- 35 to 39 minutes: 149
- 40 to 44 minutes: 116
- 45 to 59 minutes: 280
- 60 to 89 minutes: 153
- 90 or more minutes: 44
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,898 (88.4%)
- Carpooled: 134 (6.2%)
- Ferryboat: 7 (0.3%)
- Walked: 6 (0.3%)
- Other means: 7 (0.3%)
- Worked at home: 95 (4.4%)
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Ottawa, Wisconsin
- 01995 to March 2000
- 21990 to 1994
- 21985 to 1989
- 01980 to 1984
- 01975 to 1979
- 01970 to 1974
- 71965 to 1969
- 16Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
- German: 1,667 (36.4%)
- Irish: 565 (12.3%)
- English: 373 (8.1%)
- Polish: 336 (7.3%)
- Other: 310 (6.8%)
- Norwegian: 239 (5.2%)
- Italian: 209 (4.6%)
- French: 183 (4.0%)
- United States: 174 (3.8%)
- Czech: 76 (1.7%)
- Scottish: 73 (1.6%)
- Hungarian: 66 (1.4%)
- Danish: 63 (1.4%)
- Dutch: 55 (1.2%)
- Welsh: 53 (1.2%)
- Greek: 36 (0.8%)
- Swiss: 33 (0.7%)
- Swedish: 25 (0.5%)
- Lithuanian: 15 (0.3%)
- Scotch-Irish: 14 (0.3%)
- French Canadian: 8 (0.2%)
- Russian: 7 (0.2%)
- Slovak: 2 (0.04%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
| Ottawa: | 37.0% (10) |
| Wisconsin: | 2.0% (3,950) |
| Ottawa: | 29.6% (8) |
| Wisconsin: | 7.2% (13,863) |
| Ottawa: | 25.9% (7) |
| Wisconsin: | 2.8% (5,462) |
| Ottawa: | 7.4% (2) |
| Wisconsin: | 0.1% (278) |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3,070
- Other state: 680
- Northeast: 120
- Midwest: 482
- South: 42
- West: 36
64% of Ottawa residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Wisconsin.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
- No schooling: 0
- Nursery to 4th grade: 8
- 5th and 6th grade: 0
- 7th and 8th grade: 13
- 9th grade: 7
- 10th grade: 11
- 11th grade: 17
- 12th grade, no diploma: 10
- High school graduate (or equivalency): 382
- Less than 1 year of college: 57
- Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 283
- Associate degree: 70
- Bachelor's degree: 286
- Master's degree: 95
- Professional school degree: 38
- Doctorate degree: 7
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
- No schooling: 0
- Nursery to 4th grade: 0
- 5th and 6th grade: 0
- 7th and 8th grade: 5
- 9th grade: 12
- 10th grade: 16
- 11th grade: 15
- 12th grade, no diploma: 8
- High school graduate (or equivalency): 464
- Less than 1 year of college: 80
- Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 208
- Associate degree: 149
- Bachelor's degree: 221
- Master's degree: 87
- Professional school degree: 6
- Doctorate degree: 0
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,312
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 3
- 20 to 49: 4
- 50 or more: 92
- 61.0%Utility gas
- 19.9%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 10.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 8.3%Electricity
- 0.4%Wood
- 49.1%Electricity
- 26.8%Utility gas
- 19.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 4.5%Other fuel
Private vs. public school enrollment:
| Here: | 16.0% |
| Wisconsin: | 16.4% |
| Here: | 1.0% |
| Wisconsin: | 9.1% |
| Here: | 20.8% |
| Wisconsin: | 18.1% |
