Fast Facts
35,141
County Population
$ 51,222 Median Household Income
15,734
Total Housing Units
19.1 % Have Bachelor ’ s Degree or higher
Population by Town Ottumwa ..... 24,545 Eldon ............... 990 Eddyville .......... 970
Blakesburg ...... 248 Kirkville ........... 199 Chillicothe .......... 97
Top-10 Employers JBS .................................................... 2,500
John Deere ........................................... 800 Ottumwa Schools ................................. 683 Ottumwa Regional Health Center ....... 625 Cargill .................................................... 515 Indian Hills Community College .......... 401 Keurig / Dr . Pepper ............................... 270 Ajinomoto ............................................ 256 City of Ottumwa .................................... 195 Hy-Vee .................................................. 188
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Wapello County
Ancestry |
German .......................................... 20 . 42 % |
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English ............................................ 11.68 %
Irish ................................................ 10.58 %
American .......................................... 6.84 %
Dutch ............................................... 4.58 %
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28 %
Production-related job
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Swedish ............................................ 2.03 %
Subsaharan African .......................... 1.86 %
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Top industries |
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Scottish ............................................. 1.42 %
Italian ................................................ 1.25 %
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27.5 % |
24.3 % |
12.9 % |
6 % |
Other ................................................ 5.68 % |
Education / Health |
Manufacturing |
Retail |
Construction |
Data retreived from various U . S . Census Bureau statistics . Top Employers from Ottumwa Laborshed 2020 survey . |
Driving Distances from Ottumwa , IA
City Miles Time Des Moines ........................ 86 miles ......................... 1 hr 26 min Iowa City ............................ 97 miles ......................... 1 hr 30 min Cedar Rapids .................... 104 miles ........................ 1 hr 51 min Davenport ......................... 133 miles ........................ 2 hr 13 min Omaha , Neb ...................... 219 miles ....................... 3 hr 23 min Kansas City ....................... 219 miles ....................... 3 hr 25 min St . Louis ............................ 253 miles ....................... 3 hr 58 min Sioux City .......................... 282 miles ........................ 4 hr 14 min Chicago ............................. 308 miles ....................... 4 hr 44 min Minneapolis ...................... 324 miles ........................ 4 hr 41 min Indianapolis ...................... 388 miles ........................ 5 hr 47 min
ZIP Codes
Agency : 52530 Blakesburg : 52536 Chillicothe : 52548
Eldon : 52554 Kirkville : 52566 Ottumwa : 52501
Phone Prefixes in and around Wapello County ( Area code is 641 ):
Agency : 276 , 934 , 937 Bladensburg : 934 Blakesburg : 938 Chillicothe : 935 Eddyville : 225 , 969
17,181 Total Workforce
3.4 % Work from home
Eldon : 652 Kirkville ( Fremont ): 933 Ottumwa : 226 , 244 , 277 , 455 , 575 , 680 , 682 , 683 , 684 , 777 , 799 , 814 , 954 , 980
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