Octa is home to 63 people in Ohio. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 0% of adults. The poverty rate is 76.2%, above the 12.5% national rate. This skews young, with a median age of 29.6. Households here earn about 61% less than in Ohio as a whole. The typical home is worth $77,500.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $27,750, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 29.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
0% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 22%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Octa
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate39.4% → 76.2%(+36.8 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median age37.5 → 29.6(−7.9 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Population71 → 63(−11%)US over the same years: +35%
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Over time
Octa, decade by decade
Octa population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
71
$31,501
$55,442
2.1%
0.0
2000
83
$73,322
$99,098
0.0%
24.9
2010
59
$32,008
$93,507
0.0%
35.8
2020
58
$40,300
$74,783
0.0%
20.6
2024
63
$27,750
$77,500
0.0%
0.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
