Ottawa, IL Housing


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United States / Illinois / No Metro Area / LaSalle County / Ottawa / Zip Codes
Ottawa, IL is a great place to call home due to its affordable housing prices compared to the national average. According to recent data, the median housing value in Ottawa, IL is $151,000, while the US median house value is $338,100. Although the appreciation rate in Ottawa, IL is slightly lower than the rest of the country at 6.44% compared to 8.27%, this still demonstrates that there are great opportunities for housing investment in Ottawa.

The median home cost in Ottawa is $151,000. Home appreciation the last 10 years has been 36.1%. Home Appreciation in Ottawa is up 8.8%.

Average Age of Homes
- The median age of Ottawa real estate is 57 years old
The Rental Market in Ottawa
- Renters make up 30.8% of the Ottawa population
- 0.9% of houses and apartments in Ottawa, are available to rent

DID YOU KNOW
Buying a home is the biggest single purchase most people make during their lives. The second largest is most often an automobile.

Median Monthly Rent by Number of Bedrooms

   Housing by Year Built

  HousingOttawa, IllinoisUnited States
  8,742.0139,647,020.0
  6542
  $151,000$338,100
  8.8%16.6%
  32.6%57.0%
  36.1%101.1%
  $27.48$10.98
  $3,407$2,690
  57.0%57.4%
  12.2%11.2%
  30.8%31.4%
  Vacant Housing
  0.9%1.9%
  0.9%0.4%
  1.0%0.7%
  0.5%0.4%
  0.9%3.6%
  8.0%4.1%
  Value of Owner-Occupied Housing
  1.2%2.6%
  1.9%2.4%
  2.5%2.8%
  8.9%3.9%
  12.5%4.5%
  37.1%11.3%
  15.1%13.0%
  16.7%20.1%
  2.7%13.6%
  0.3%8.3%
  0.6%9.7%
  0.4%3.9%
  0.0%2.2%
  0.0%0.8%
  0.0%1.1%
  Housing Units by Year Structure Built
  0.0%0.2%
  8.4%13.6%
  8.4%13.6%
  6.2%13.6%
  7.7%13.2%
  10.8%14.8%
  6.2%13.6%
  15.9%10.0%
  11.6%4.7%
  28.9%12.2%
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Over 7 years ago

Have all of the radiation sites been cleaned up? If not, did the tornado stir up and blast some radiation from these sites to other  More

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Over 10 years ago

Good location with low cost of living and close enough to Chicago and suburbs to take advantage of their  More

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Over 14 years ago

Although Ottawa is a very nice place to live, living here is becoming rediculous...as taxes go. I bought a house less then four years ago and my taxed went from  More

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