County profile
Ottawa County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#1084 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 62% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,686
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,026
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
39,481
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$76.1k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
29.5%±1.6%
Poverty rate
8.4%±1.4%
Business applications
431 · 2025
Retail establishments
135
34.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing26%
Health care23%
Food & accommodation21%
Retail trade16%
Other services8%
Arts & recreation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
39,481
residents · 2025 · -2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $68.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+546
International migration+89
Natural change−1,450
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.2B2019
$2.1B2020
$2.4B2021
$2.4B2022
$2.7B2023
$2.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$219.9k±$8.0k
Median gross rent
$930/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
36.0%±1.4%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
$81.7M
161 units · 4.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
59.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 79Winter weather 76Ice storm 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4432016
4482017
4902018
5052019
5212020
5632021
6272022
7022023
7482024
8102025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -6% since 20211722021
2262022
1492023
1262024
1612025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
13.7 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
1.8 km
NS
Nearest port
14.2 km
CITY DOCK - PORT CLINTON
Nearest commercial airport
58.3 km
EUGENE F KRANZ TOLEDO EXPRESS
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):2,384,589 short tons/yr · Marblehead, OH
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.3k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Ottawa?
Ottawa's economy produced $2.6B in 2024, contracting 2.1% year over year — slower than 85% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.