Ottawa Hills vs Whitehouse

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

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

Ottawa Hills has the higher population (4,796 vs 4,757 in Whitehouse). Ottawa Hills has the higher median household income ($177,656 vs $89,375 in Whitehouse). Ottawa Hills has the higher median home value ($306,300 vs $253,200 in Whitehouse).

Population, income & housing

	Ottawa Hills	Whitehouse
Population	4,796	4,757
Median age	41.0 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$177,656	$89,375
Median home value	$306,300	$253,200
Median gross rent	$1,859	$915
Housing units	1,840	2,051
Homeownership rate	89.8%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.3%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ottawa Hills	Whitehouse
Population	4,450 → 4,796 (+7.8%)	4,735 → 4,757 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$155,893 → $177,656 (+14.0%)	$73,875 → $89,375 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$319,100 → $306,300 (-4.0%)	$219,100 → $253,200 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,859 (+38.9%)	$866 → $915 (+5.7%)

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

Whitehouse

Population

4,7354,757

Median household income

$73,875$89,375

Median home value

$219,100$253,200

Median gross rent

$866$915

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ottawa Hills	Whitehouse
Under 5	5.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	23.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	5.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	15.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	15.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	9.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	16.4%
75 and over	8.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ottawa Hills	Whitehouse
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	93.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ottawa Hills	Whitehouse
No high school diploma	0.3%	1.3%
High school graduate	10.2%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	36.8%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ottawa Hills	Whitehouse
Drove alone	77.8%	82.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ottawa Hills	Whitehouse
1-unit, detached	79.3%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	12.5%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ottawa Hills	Whitehouse
Poverty rate	2.6%	11.4%
Average household size	2.77	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1955	1994