Home values, rents and more in Ottawa, KS
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Ottawa compares
The typical home in Ottawa, KS is worth about $240,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Ottawa are 8% below the typical value in the Ottawa metro area ($261,000) and 34% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Ottawa rose 7.1%, compared with +7.1% in the Ottawa metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $71,699, against $77,207 in the Ottawa metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 12,678 people live in Ottawa (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Ottawa has the 3rd-lowest typical home value of the 8 cities in the Ottawa metro area and the 110th-highest of 438 in Kansas with Zillow figures.
Part of: Franklin County, KS · Ottawa metro area · Kansas
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.