Agency vs Ottumwa

A side-by-side comparison of Agency and Ottumwa: population, income, housing, and more.

Agency and Ottumwa are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ottumwa has the higher population (25,352 vs 516 in Agency). Agency has the higher median household income ($59,028 vs $56,994 in Ottumwa). Agency has the higher median home value ($138,800 vs $92,400 in Ottumwa).

Population, income & housing

	Agency	Ottumwa
Population	516	25,352
Median age	44.8 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,028	$56,994
Median home value	$138,800	$92,400
Median gross rent	$573	$956
Housing units	268	11,525
Homeownership rate	75.9%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Agency	Ottumwa
Population	648 → 516 (-20.4%)	24,545 → 25,352 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $59,028 (+34.9%)	$41,722 → $56,994 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$89,000 → $138,800 (+56.0%)	$74,100 → $92,400 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $573 (-4.8%)	$727 → $956 (+31.5%)

Agency

Population

648516

Median household income

$43,750$59,028

Median home value

$89,000$138,800

Median gross rent

$602$573

Ottumwa

Population

24,54525,352

Median household income

$41,722$56,994

Median home value

$74,100$92,400

Median gross rent

$727$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Agency	Ottumwa
Under 5	5.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.0%	17.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	9.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.5%
75 and over	11.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Agency	Ottumwa
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	71.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Agency	Ottumwa
No high school diploma	7.8%	14.4%
High school graduate	40.8%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Agency	Ottumwa
Drove alone	85.5%	77.9%
Carpooled	7.2%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	3.7%
Other means	2.4%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Agency	Ottumwa
1-unit, detached	82.8%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	8.9%
20 or more units	2.2%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Agency	Ottumwa
Poverty rate	11.6%	18.9%
Average household size	2.18	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1961	1955