The median home value in Ottawa, KS is $244,566 as of 2026-06-30, up 9.47% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$244,566
Year-over-Year
+9.47%
Population
12,702
Ottawa ranks #25 of 52 Kansas cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 4.0% above the state's city median of $235,108. It sits in Franklin County, where the county-wide median is $267,680.
Ottawa police recorded a violent crime rate of 150 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,110 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Ottawa is $244,566. That's up 9.47% from a year earlier. That is about 4.0% above the typical county in Kansas.
Homes in Ottawa are cheaper than Franklin County as a whole, where the median is $267,680 — a difference of about 8.6%.
Ottawa police reported 150 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 12,702. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.