About Ottawa Lake

Ottawa Lake is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 3,959 people and just one neighborhood, Ottawa Lake is the 259th largest community in Michigan.

Ottawa Lake is a blue-collar town, with 37.2% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Ottawa Lake is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Ottawa Lake who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.17%), sales jobs (11.57%), and management occupations (6.17%).

Ottawa Lake is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Ottawa Lake, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 98% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Ottawa Lake is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Ottawa Lake Information and Demographics

The education level of Ottawa Lake citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 14.39% of adults 25 and older in Ottawa Lake have a college degree.

The per capita income in Ottawa Lake in 2000 was $22,555, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,220 for a family of four.

The people who call Ottawa Lake home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Ottawa Lake is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ottawa Lake include German, Polish, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Ottawa Lake is English.