Ottawa Hills vs Waterville

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

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

Waterville has the higher population (5,997 vs 4,796 in Ottawa Hills). Ottawa Hills has the higher median household income ($177,656 vs $102,096 in Waterville). Ottawa Hills has the higher median home value ($306,300 vs $271,100 in Waterville).

Population, income & housing

	Ottawa Hills	Waterville
Population	4,796	5,997
Median age	41.0 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$177,656	$102,096
Median home value	$306,300	$271,100
Median gross rent	$1,859	$1,386
Housing units	1,840	2,450
Homeownership rate	89.8%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.3%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ottawa Hills	Waterville
Population	4,450 → 4,796 (+7.8%)	5,487 → 5,997 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$155,893 → $177,656 (+14.0%)	$92,038 → $102,096 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$319,100 → $306,300 (-4.0%)	$196,400 → $271,100 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,859 (+38.9%)	$1,001 → $1,386 (+38.5%)

Ottawa Hills

Population

4,4504,796

Median household income

$155,893$177,656

Median home value

$319,100$306,300

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,859

Waterville

Population

5,4875,997

Median household income

$92,038$102,096

Median home value

$196,400$271,100

Median gross rent

$1,001$1,386

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ottawa Hills	Waterville
Under 5	5.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	23.9%	21.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	5.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	15.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	15.6%	10.2%
55 to 64	9.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.3%
75 and over	8.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ottawa Hills	Waterville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	85.0%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.8%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ottawa Hills	Waterville
No high school diploma	0.3%	2.9%
High school graduate	10.2%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	36.8%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ottawa Hills	Waterville
Drove alone	77.8%	83.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ottawa Hills	Waterville
1-unit, detached	79.3%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	1.4%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ottawa Hills	Waterville
Poverty rate	2.6%	3.7%
Average household size	2.77	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1955	1991