About Ottawa Hills

Ottawa Hills is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 4,546 people and just one neighborhood, Ottawa Hills is the 326th largest community in Ohio.

Ottawa Hills is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 93.19% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Ottawa Hills is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ottawa Hills who work in management occupations (19.11%), healthcare (14.79%), and sales jobs (12.60%).

In addition, Ottawa Hills is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Ottawa Hills is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The village's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Ottawa Hills's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Ottawa Hills spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.17 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the village are less than they would otherwise be.

Ottawa Hills is a very car-oriented village. 98.89% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Ottawa Hills is a small village, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Ottawa Hills has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small village, Ottawa Hills does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Ottawa Hills Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Ottawa Hills is a pretty powerful place. 68.83% of the adults in Ottawa Hills have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Ottawa Hills in 2000 was $58,846, which is wealthy relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $235,384 for a family of four. However, Ottawa Hills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Ottawa Hills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Urdu.