Ottawa vs Pomona

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

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

Ottawa has the higher population (12,632 vs 1,210 in Pomona). Pomona has the higher median household income ($66,071 vs $64,655 in Ottawa). Ottawa has the higher median home value ($165,700 vs $126,000 in Pomona).

Population, income & housing

	Ottawa	Pomona
Population	12,632	1,210
Median age	36.5 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,655	$66,071
Median home value	$165,700	$126,000
Median gross rent	$949	$875
Housing units	5,530	411
Homeownership rate	61.6%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ottawa	Pomona
Population	12,260 → 12,632 (+3.0%)	1,232 → 1,210 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$46,808 → $64,655 (+38.1%)	$48,077 → $66,071 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$109,000 → $165,700 (+52.0%)	$105,700 → $126,000 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $949 (+19.8%)	$834 → $875 (+4.9%)

Ottawa

Population

12,26012,632

Median household income

$46,808$64,655

Median home value

$109,000$165,700

Median gross rent

$792$949

Pomona

Population

1,2321,210

Median household income

$48,077$66,071

Median home value

$105,700$126,000

Median gross rent

$834$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ottawa	Pomona
Under 5	4.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.8%	28.8%
18 to 24	11.9%	3.8%
25 to 34	12.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	18.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	10.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.1%
75 and over	6.1%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ottawa	Pomona
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	91.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.4%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ottawa	Pomona
No high school diploma	5.5%	7.0%
High school graduate	35.4%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ottawa	Pomona
Drove alone	75.8%	71.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	1.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	6.0%
Other means	4.4%	7.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ottawa	Pomona
1-unit, detached	66.7%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.7%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Ottawa	Pomona
Poverty rate	10.7%	11.5%
Average household size	2.36	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1968	1975