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Ottawa, KS Real Estate Market

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q2 2024. Updated quarterly.
  • Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology:   NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data

Ottawa, KS Housing Market Trends

With a population of 12,613, 5,060 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $235,498, house prices in Ottawa are solidly below the national average.

Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Ottawa, accounting for 70.61% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Ottawa include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 11.03%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 9.33%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 6.44%).

The most prevalent building size and type in Ottawa are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 60.56% owning and 39.44% renting.

There is a lot of housing in Ottawa built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Ottawa built between 1940-1969 ( 29.10%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from before 1939 ( 26.07%). There's also some housing in Ottawa built between 2000 and later ( 13.56%).

Ottawa Home Appreciation Rates

Appreciation rates for homes in Ottawa have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 102.78%, which ranks in the top 40% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Ottawa house appreciation rate of 7.33%.

NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Ottawa's appreciation rate, at 7.47%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Ottawa's appreciation rate has been 4.94%, which annualizes to a rate of 21.27%.

Importantly, this makes Ottawa one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the city's near-future real estate investment strength.

Relative to Kansas, our data show that Ottawa's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 70% of the other cities and towns in Kansas.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$235,498

Ottawa, KS Home Prices
> $1,400,000
$1,050,001 - $1,400,000
$700,001 - $1,050,000
$560,001 - $700,000
$420,001 - $560,000
$280,001 - $420,000
$140,001 - $280,000
$70,001 - $140,000
$0 - $70,000
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
0.3%
0.9%
0.9%
0.8%
0.8%
6.9%
6.9%
17.9%
17.9%
53.2%
53.2%
13.2%
13.2%
6.9%
6.9%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
High

for Kansas

Average

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

5,060

Ottawa Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$1,402 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
60.6%
60.6%
39.4%
39.4%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
8.0%
8.0%
92.0%
92.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
13.6%
13.6%
31.3%
31.3%
29.1%
29.1%
26.1%
26.1%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
70.6%
70.6%
2.6%
2.6%
11.0%
11.0%
9.3%
9.3%
6.4%
6.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Home Size

No Bedroom
1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
5 or more bedrooms
2.6%
2.6%
8.8%
8.8%
27.6%
27.6%
46.7%
46.7%
13.6%
13.6%
0.8%
0.8%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Zip Codes in Ottawa, KS