Fort Jennings vs Ottoville

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Jennings and Ottoville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ottoville has the higher population (932 vs 467 in Fort Jennings). Ottoville has the higher median household income ($75,667 vs $64,375 in Fort Jennings). Ottoville has the higher median home value ($231,700 vs $204,200 in Fort Jennings).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Jennings	Ottoville
Population	467	932
Median age	50.7 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,375	$75,667
Median home value	$204,200	$231,700
Median gross rent	$731	$870
Housing units	227	399
Homeownership rate	81.2%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Jennings	Ottoville
Population	414 → 467 (+12.8%)	856 → 932 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$59,732 → $64,375 (+7.8%)	$65,893 → $75,667 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$124,200 → $204,200 (+64.4%)	$159,500 → $231,700 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $731 (-0.4%)	$736 → $870 (+18.2%)

Fort Jennings

Population

414467

Median household income

$59,732$64,375

Median home value

$124,200$204,200

Median gross rent

$734$731

Ottoville

Population

856932

Median household income

$65,893$75,667

Median home value

$159,500$231,700

Median gross rent

$736$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Jennings	Ottoville
Under 5	8.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	7.9%	21.2%
18 to 24	12.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	4.7%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	8.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	17.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	8.9%
75 and over	12.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Jennings	Ottoville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	95.4%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Jennings	Ottoville
No high school diploma	2.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	44.9%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Jennings	Ottoville
Drove alone	92.7%	86.5%
Carpooled	0.8%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	5.0%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Jennings	Ottoville
1-unit, detached	80.6%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Jennings	Ottoville
Poverty rate	10.3%	3.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1966	1985