Leipsic vs Ottawa

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

Leipsic 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 2,024 in Leipsic). Ottawa has the higher median household income ($66,268 vs $59,286 in Leipsic). Ottawa has the higher median home value ($175,300 vs $106,100 in Leipsic).

Population, income & housing

	Leipsic	Ottawa
Population	2,024	4,439
Median age	34.1 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,286	$66,268
Median home value	$106,100	$175,300
Median gross rent	$1,183	$739
Housing units	795	1,860
Homeownership rate	59.3%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leipsic	Ottawa
Population	2,387 → 2,024 (-15.2%)	4,359 → 4,439 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$42,097 → $59,286 (+40.8%)	$47,295 → $66,268 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$96,200 → $106,100 (+10.3%)	$158,700 → $175,300 (+10.5%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $1,183 (+53.2%)	$587 → $739 (+25.9%)

Leipsic

Population

2,3872,024

Median household income

$42,097$59,286

Median home value

$96,200$106,100

Median gross rent

$772$1,183

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)

	Leipsic	Ottawa
Under 5	9.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.5%	20.1%
18 to 24	12.6%	11.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	6.8%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	17.7%
55 to 64	8.1%	9.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.0%
75 and over	7.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leipsic	Ottawa
White (non-Hispanic)	46.0%	82.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	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	4.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	47.9%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leipsic	Ottawa
No high school diploma	18.6%	6.3%
High school graduate	45.1%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leipsic	Ottawa
Drove alone	67.7%	88.7%
Carpooled	24.0%	4.5%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	5.3%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leipsic	Ottawa
1-unit, detached	74.1%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	9.2%
20 or more units	3.5%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Leipsic	Ottawa
Poverty rate	19.8%	10.0%
Average household size	2.72	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1972	1973