Ottawa vs Williamsburg

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

Ottawa and Williamsburg 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 383 in Williamsburg). Ottawa has the higher median household income ($64,655 vs $57,708 in Williamsburg). Ottawa has the higher median home value ($165,700 vs $98,500 in Williamsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Ottawa	Williamsburg
Population	12,632	383
Median age	36.5 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,655	$57,708
Median home value	$165,700	$98,500
Median gross rent	$949	$950
Housing units	5,530	161
Homeownership rate	61.6%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ottawa	Williamsburg
Population	12,260 → 12,632 (+3.0%)	388 → 383 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$46,808 → $64,655 (+38.1%)	$39,514 → $57,708 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$109,000 → $165,700 (+52.0%)	$81,700 → $98,500 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $949 (+19.8%)	$831 → $950 (+14.3%)

Ottawa

Population

12,26012,632

Median household income

$46,808$64,655

Median home value

$109,000$165,700

Median gross rent

$792$949

Williamsburg

Population

388383

Median household income

$39,514$57,708

Median home value

$81,700$98,500

Median gross rent

$831$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ottawa	Williamsburg
Under 5	4.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	20.9%
18 to 24	11.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.9%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	13.1%
75 and over	6.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ottawa	Williamsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	95.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ottawa	Williamsburg
No high school diploma	5.5%	13.1%
High school graduate	35.4%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ottawa	Williamsburg
Drove alone	75.8%	84.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	6.8%
Other means	4.4%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ottawa	Williamsburg
1-unit, detached	66.7%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Ottawa	Williamsburg
Poverty rate	10.7%	2.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1968	1969