Kalida vs Ottawa

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

Kalida 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 1,711 in Kalida). Kalida has the higher median household income ($84,679 vs $66,268 in Ottawa). Kalida has the higher median home value ($206,000 vs $175,300 in Ottawa).

Population, income & housing

	Kalida	Ottawa
Population	1,711	4,439
Median age	39.4 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$84,679	$66,268
Median home value	$206,000	$175,300
Median gross rent	$920	$739
Housing units	663	1,860
Homeownership rate	72.2%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kalida	Ottawa
Population	1,395 → 1,711 (+22.7%)	4,359 → 4,439 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$59,881 → $84,679 (+41.4%)	$47,295 → $66,268 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$174,200 → $206,000 (+18.3%)	$158,700 → $175,300 (+10.5%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $920 (+26.0%)	$587 → $739 (+25.9%)

Kalida

Population

1,3951,711

Median household income

$59,881$84,679

Median home value

$174,200$206,000

Median gross rent

$730$920

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)

	Kalida	Ottawa
Under 5	6.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	20.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	11.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	6.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	17.7%
55 to 64	18.1%	9.5%
65 to 74	7.6%	10.0%
75 and over	7.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kalida	Ottawa
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	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	0.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kalida	Ottawa
No high school diploma	1.8%	6.3%
High school graduate	24.8%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kalida	Ottawa
Drove alone	87.5%	88.7%
Carpooled	2.7%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kalida	Ottawa
1-unit, detached	92.6%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Kalida	Ottawa
Poverty rate	1.5%	10.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1979	1973