Ottawa vs Wellsville

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

Ottawa and Wellsville 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 2,003 in Wellsville). Wellsville has the higher median household income ($67,292 vs $64,655 in Ottawa). Wellsville has the higher median home value ($166,100 vs $165,700 in Ottawa).

Population, income & housing

	Ottawa	Wellsville
Population	12,632	2,003
Median age	36.5 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,655	$67,292
Median home value	$165,700	$166,100
Median gross rent	$949	$1,264
Housing units	5,530	883
Homeownership rate	61.6%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ottawa	Wellsville
Population	12,260 → 12,632 (+3.0%)	2,026 → 2,003 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$46,808 → $64,655 (+38.1%)	$64,102 → $67,292 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$109,000 → $165,700 (+52.0%)	$130,400 → $166,100 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $949 (+19.8%)	$663 → $1,264 (+90.6%)

Ottawa

Population

12,26012,632

Median household income

$46,808$64,655

Median home value

$109,000$165,700

Median gross rent

$792$949

Wellsville

Population

2,0262,003

Median household income

$64,102$67,292

Median home value

$130,400$166,100

Median gross rent

$663$1,264

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ottawa	Wellsville
Under 5	4.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	11.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.9%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.7%
75 and over	6.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ottawa	Wellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	90.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ottawa	Wellsville
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.5%
High school graduate	35.4%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ottawa	Wellsville
Drove alone	75.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	13.3%
Other means	4.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ottawa	Wellsville
1-unit, detached	66.7%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.2%
20 or more units	7.9%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Ottawa	Wellsville
Poverty rate	10.7%	10.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1968	1972