Continental vs Ottawa

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

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

Ottawa has the higher population (4,439 vs 1,387 in Continental). Continental has the higher median household income ($75,375 vs $66,268 in Ottawa). Ottawa has the higher median home value ($175,300 vs $150,400 in Continental).

Population, income & housing

	Continental	Ottawa
Population	1,387	4,439
Median age	42.1 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,375	$66,268
Median home value	$150,400	$175,300
Median gross rent	$656	$739
Housing units	688	1,860
Homeownership rate	87.6%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Continental	Ottawa
Population	1,131 → 1,387 (+22.6%)	4,359 → 4,439 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$45,208 → $75,375 (+66.7%)	$47,295 → $66,268 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$86,300 → $150,400 (+74.3%)	$158,700 → $175,300 (+10.5%)
Median gross rent	$524 → $656 (+25.2%)	$587 → $739 (+25.9%)

Continental

Population

1,1311,387

Median household income

$45,208$75,375

Median home value

$86,300$150,400

Median gross rent

$524$656

Ottawa

Population

4,3594,439

Median household income

$47,295$66,268

Median home value

$158,700$175,300

Median gross rent

$587$739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Continental	Ottawa
Under 5	4.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	21.1%	20.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	11.6%
25 to 34	6.6%	6.8%
35 to 44	19.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	4.2%	17.7%
55 to 64	18.2%	9.5%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.0%
75 and over	5.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Continental	Ottawa
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	82.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Continental	Ottawa
No high school diploma	2.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	53.4%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Continental	Ottawa
Drove alone	85.5%	88.7%
Carpooled	5.4%	4.5%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	5.3%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Continental	Ottawa
1-unit, detached	85.6%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	9.2%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Continental	Ottawa
Poverty rate	7.8%	10.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1964	1973