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About Ottawa
City in Illinois, United StatesOttawa is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. It is located at the confluence of the navigable Fox River and Illinois River, the latter being a conduit for river barges and connects Lake Michigan at Chicago to the Mississippi River. The population was 18,840 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Ottawa, Illinois, micropolitan area.
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How Ottawa ranks
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Housing in Ottawa
The typical Ottawa home is worth about $216,000, up 5.7% in a year, 27% below the Illinois typical home.
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Safety in Ottawa
Safety Grade C+
Ottawa reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 60% report less.
Health in Ottawa
Compared with Illinois
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 24 are too close to call.
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