Ottawa vs Streator

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

Ottawa and Streator 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 12,274 in Streator). Ottawa has the higher median household income ($73,011 vs $54,953 in Streator). Ottawa has the higher median home value ($144,500 vs $88,000 in Streator).

Population, income & housing

	Ottawa	Streator
Population	18,714	12,274
Median age	40.3 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,011	$54,953
Median home value	$144,500	$88,000
Median gross rent	$922	$779
Housing units	8,394	6,277
Homeownership rate	69.4%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ottawa	Streator
Population	18,792 → 18,714 (-0.4%)	12,653 → 12,274 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$51,288 → $73,011 (+42.4%)	$39,736 → $54,953 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$128,000 → $144,500 (+12.9%)	$70,800 → $88,000 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $922 (+12.6%)	$641 → $779 (+21.5%)

Ottawa

Population

18,79218,714

Median household income

$51,288$73,011

Median home value

$128,000$144,500

Median gross rent

$819$922

Streator

Population

12,65312,274

Median household income

$39,736$54,953

Median home value

$70,800$88,000

Median gross rent

$641$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ottawa	Streator
Under 5	6.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.1%
55 to 64	16.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	12.8%
75 and over	6.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ottawa	Streator
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	77.6%
Black or African American	2.9%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ottawa	Streator
No high school diploma	8.1%	11.9%
High school graduate	34.3%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ottawa	Streator
Drove alone	84.9%	83.4%
Carpooled	9.2%	6.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.7%	4.9%
Other means	1.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ottawa	Streator
1-unit, detached	71.8%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	6.1%
20 or more units	4.2%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Ottawa	Streator
Poverty rate	14.4%	20.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1958	1954