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Odessa, TX

121,604 Population
51.9 square miles 2,343.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 31.6 ±0.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,004 ±$3,378 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: $33,652 ±$2,057
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
$74,562 ±$6,830 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: $66,608 ±$4,908
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472

7.3% ±2.8% (8,779  ±3,360) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 9% † 14,682 (±2.4% / ±3,816)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)

23 minutes ±1.1 (1,177,285  ±66,618) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 26.2 1,853,350 (±1.4 / ±108,320)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,400,930 (±0.1 / ±1,041,657)

Families

54,163 ±2,601 Number of households
  • the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 66,937 ±974
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
2.2 ±0.1 (119,907  ±2,774) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 2.4 162,529 (±0 / ±84)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 † 29,898,096 (±49.3 / ±-555,555,600)

4.1% ±2% (1,232  ±594) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 4.8% † 1,822 (±2.1% / ±812)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)

Housing

56,318 ±2,667 Number of housing units
  • the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 70,135 ±85
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110

$233,300 ±$21,546 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: $196,500 ±$17,199
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483

14.6% ±4% (17,580  ±4,814.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 13.9% † 22,656 (±4.2% / ±6,793.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)

Social

82.9% ±6% (63,684  ±5,246.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 77.6% 76,480 (±5.9% / ±5,801)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
21.8% ±3.7% (16,762  ±2,885.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 17.3% † 17,010 (±3.1% / ±3,081.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

19.3% ±3.4% (23,502  ±4,175) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 19.7% † 32,338 (±66,395.8% / ±4,241)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 17.9% † 5,455,292 (±,325.7% / ±65,136)

4.3% ±1.3% (3,727  ±1,105) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 4.3% † 4,956 (±1.1% / ±1,231)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
3,727 Total veterans ±1,105 2,944 Male ±997 783 Female ±455

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