Ottumwa.
Iowa·
Neighborhoods
POPMEDIAN
Iowa·
Iowa
Foundation
Daily Life
Money & Work
Fair Housing. Race, ethnicity, language, national origin, income, disability, household makeup, commute and vehicle access, home tenure, and similar characteristics shown anywhere in this report are descriptive context only — never used to rate, score, or rank a place. Using protected-class characteristics to evaluate a neighborhood may violate the Fair Housing Act.
Iowa·Wapello County
8 tracts·14K people·$106K median·868/mi²
White 69 · Hispanic 17 · Black 4 · Multiracial 4 · Other 4 · Asian 2
Married couple 40 · Living alone 30 · Other 29
Manufacturing 28 · Health 27 · Retail 18 · Professional 12 · Leisure 8 · Public admin 4 · Other 3
Production · transport 31 · Management · business · science · arts 29 · Sales · office 17 · Service 15 · Construction · maintenance 9
Drive alone 77 · Carpool 28 · Work from home 5 · Transit 2 · Walk 1 · Bike 0
Rep-tract reading · same station-interpolated source as address reports
Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
Showing up to 10 schools per level · School assignment depends on the exact address; open a neighborhood or address report to see your assigned schools.
The median home value in Ottumwa is $106,300 (Census ACS) — 0.2× the US median of $458,812.
Ottumwa has 25,430 residents across 5 census tracts and 8 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 36.7; the population is 69.0% White, 17.1% Hispanic or Latino, 4.0% Black, 4.0% Multiracial, 3.6% Other and 2.3% Asian; the average household has 2.5 people; 20.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 17.2% (Census ACS).
Eisenhower Elementary School (75%), Horace Mann Elementary School (64%) and Fahrney Elementary (52%) lead the elementary schools; Liberty Intermediate School is the middle school with reported scores (57%); Ottumwa High School (62%) and Gateway High School (28%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $921/month, 42% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Ottumwa is $61,103 a year, 29% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Ottumwa, median rent is $921/month and the median home value is $106,300 (Census ACS).
Ottumwa reported 4.0 violent crimes and 30.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 84°F; winter lows average 18°F; there are 78 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 37 inches; snowfall averages 24 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Ottumwa are strong wind (94), tornado (94) and drought (92), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.07g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Ottumwa, 1.1% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).