LaSalle vs Ottawa

A side-by-side comparison of LaSalle and Ottawa: population, income, housing, and more.

LaSalle and Ottawa are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ottawa has the higher population (18,714 vs 9,471 in LaSalle). Ottawa has the higher median household income ($73,011 vs $54,246 in LaSalle). Ottawa has the higher median home value ($144,500 vs $109,500 in LaSalle).

Population, income & housing

	LaSalle	Ottawa
Population	9,471	18,714
Median age	40.5 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,246	$73,011
Median home value	$109,500	$144,500
Median gross rent	$1,011	$922
Housing units	4,497	8,394
Homeownership rate	62.7%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	LaSalle	Ottawa
Population	9,147 → 9,471 (+3.5%)	18,792 → 18,714 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$49,792 → $54,246 (+8.9%)	$51,288 → $73,011 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$92,600 → $109,500 (+18.3%)	$128,000 → $144,500 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $1,011 (+20.8%)	$819 → $922 (+12.6%)

LaSalle

Population

9,1479,471

Median household income

$49,792$54,246

Median home value

$92,600$109,500

Median gross rent

$837$1,011

Ottawa

Population

18,79218,714

Median household income

$51,288$73,011

Median home value

$128,000$144,500

Median gross rent

$819$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	LaSalle	Ottawa
Under 5	6.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	11.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.1%
75 and over	10.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	LaSalle	Ottawa
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	83.3%
Black or African American	5.4%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	LaSalle	Ottawa
No high school diploma	14.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	37.9%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	LaSalle	Ottawa
Drove alone	85.2%	84.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	2.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	LaSalle	Ottawa
1-unit, detached	71.9%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	7.6%
20 or more units	2.8%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	LaSalle	Ottawa
Poverty rate	18.6%	14.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1954	1958