Metro area · CBSA 36837
Ottawa
The Ottawa, IL metro area has 147,181 people. Median rent is $908, 15.1% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in LaSalle County at $1,052. Of the 33 places we track here, Annawan has the lightest rent burden.
Median household income
$72,230
Median home value
$156,400
Unemployment
5.1%
2-bedroom fair market rent
$1,052
HUD, LaSalle County
Places in this metro
Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.
| Place | Population | Rent | Rent to income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa | 18,447 | $920 | 15.5% |
| Streator | 12,330 | $852 | 17.7% |
| Peru | 9,775 | $921 | 14.8% |
| LaSalle | 9,498 | $1,045 | 21.7% |
| Princeton | 7,975 | $782 | 15.1% |
| Mendota | 6,994 | $773 | 18.0% |
| Lake Holiday | 5,641 | $1,496 | 16.6% |
| Spring Valley | 5,476 | $915 | 15.6% |
| Marseilles | 4,279 | $1,041 | 21.5% |
| Oglesby | 3,570 | $888 | 14.0% |
| Sheridan | 2,519 | $1,070 | 15.1% |
| Earlville | 1,942 | $966 | 18.2% |
| De Pue | 1,532 | $819 | 16.8% |
| Granville | 1,472 | $763 | 13.0% |
| Ladd | 1,356 | $778 | 13.9% |
| North Utica | 1,282 | $1,292 | 14.9% |
| Walnut | 1,282 | $617 | 12.0% |
| Leland | 1,065 | $1,054 | 15.9% |
| Wenona | 999 | $866 | 24.0% |
| Wyanet | 966 | $903 | 17.1% |
| Hennepin | 929 | $849 | 12.3% |
| Sheffield | 874 | $1,047 | 16.8% |
| Annawan | 865 | $588 | 10.0% |
| Tiskilwa | 751 | $754 | 13.5% |
| La Moille | 750 | $876 | 15.4% |
| Dalzell | 736 | $919 | 14.2% |
| Tonica | 717 | $855 | 11.4% |
| Ohio | 609 | $832 | 14.6% |
| Naplate | 589 | $1,019 | 17.0% |
| Grand Ridge | 584 | $1,023 | 15.6% |
| Mark | 574 | $938 | 14.2% |
| Cherry | 534 | $675 | 13.6% |
| Buda | 517 | $865 | 20.0% |
Nearby metro areas
Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.