Eddyville vs Ottumwa

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

Eddyville 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 1,085 in Eddyville). Eddyville has the higher median household income ($61,205 vs $56,994 in Ottumwa). Eddyville has the higher median home value ($107,300 vs $92,400 in Ottumwa).

Population, income & housing

	Eddyville	Ottumwa
Population	1,085	25,352
Median age	34.3 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,205	$56,994
Median home value	$107,300	$92,400
Median gross rent	$887	$956
Housing units	437	11,525
Homeownership rate	72.4%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eddyville	Ottumwa
Population	1,226 → 1,085 (-11.5%)	24,545 → 25,352 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$48,375 → $61,205 (+26.5%)	$41,722 → $56,994 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$91,500 → $107,300 (+17.3%)	$74,100 → $92,400 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$926 → $887 (-4.2%)	$727 → $956 (+31.5%)

Eddyville

Population

1,2261,085

Median household income

$48,375$61,205

Median home value

$91,500$107,300

Median gross rent

$926$887

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)

	Eddyville	Ottumwa
Under 5	5.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	21.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	15.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	7.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.5%
75 and over	8.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eddyville	Ottumwa
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	71.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eddyville	Ottumwa
No high school diploma	1.9%	14.4%
High school graduate	39.0%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eddyville	Ottumwa
Drove alone	82.4%	77.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	7.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eddyville	Ottumwa
1-unit, detached	81.5%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.2%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Eddyville	Ottumwa
Poverty rate	15.1%	18.9%
Average household size	2.65	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1968	1955