Ottawa vs Richmond

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

Ottawa and Richmond 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 504 in Richmond). Ottawa has the higher median household income ($64,655 vs $56,458 in Richmond). Ottawa has the higher median home value ($165,700 vs $88,100 in Richmond).

Population, income & housing

	Ottawa	Richmond
Population	12,632	504
Median age	36.5 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,655	$56,458
Median home value	$165,700	$88,100
Median gross rent	$949	$825
Housing units	5,530	203
Homeownership rate	61.6%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ottawa	Richmond
Population	12,260 → 12,632 (+3.0%)	596 → 504 (-15.4%)
Median household income	$46,808 → $64,655 (+38.1%)	$54,861 → $56,458 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$109,000 → $165,700 (+52.0%)	$71,200 → $88,100 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $949 (+19.8%)	$810 → $825 (+1.9%)

Ottawa

Population

12,26012,632

Median household income

$46,808$64,655

Median home value

$109,000$165,700

Median gross rent

$792$949

Richmond

Population

596504

Median household income

$54,861$56,458

Median home value

$71,200$88,100

Median gross rent

$810$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ottawa	Richmond
Under 5	4.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	20.4%
18 to 24	11.9%	13.1%
25 to 34	12.9%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	8.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	4.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.5%
75 and over	6.1%	19.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ottawa	Richmond
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	75.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	24.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ottawa	Richmond
No high school diploma	5.5%	17.6%
High school graduate	35.4%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ottawa	Richmond
Drove alone	75.8%	87.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	0.0%
Other means	4.4%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ottawa	Richmond
1-unit, detached	66.7%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Ottawa	Richmond
Poverty rate	10.7%	5.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1968	1943