Blakesburg vs Ottumwa

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

Blakesburg 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 252 in Blakesburg). Ottumwa has the higher median household income ($56,994 vs $48,750 in Blakesburg). Ottumwa has the higher median home value ($92,400 vs $79,400 in Blakesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Blakesburg	Ottumwa
Population	252	25,352
Median age	38.7 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$56,994
Median home value	$79,400	$92,400
Median gross rent	$589	$956
Housing units	129	11,525
Homeownership rate	67.6%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blakesburg	Ottumwa
Population	248 → 252 (+1.6%)	24,545 → 25,352 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$30,104 → $48,750 (+61.9%)	$41,722 → $56,994 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$68,600 → $79,400 (+15.7%)	$74,100 → $92,400 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$506 → $589 (+16.4%)	$727 → $956 (+31.5%)

Blakesburg

Population

248252

Median household income

$30,104$48,750

Median home value

$68,600$79,400

Median gross rent

$506$589

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)

	Blakesburg	Ottumwa
Under 5	3.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	9.5%
75 and over	14.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blakesburg	Ottumwa
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	71.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blakesburg	Ottumwa
No high school diploma	4.8%	14.4%
High school graduate	39.0%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blakesburg	Ottumwa
Drove alone	89.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	0.8%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	7.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blakesburg	Ottumwa
1-unit, detached	69.0%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	19.4%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Blakesburg	Ottumwa
Poverty rate	20.3%	18.9%
Average household size	2.33	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1938	1955