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West Odessa, TX

32,594 Population
62.1 square miles 524.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 31.4 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,535 ±$3,896 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: $36,118 ±$1,509
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,234 ±$9,540 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: $71,536 ±$3,707
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.7% ±5.6% (5,414  ±1,847) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 16.5% † 26,727 (±1.9% / ±3,012)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.8 minutes ±4.9 (443,500  ±74,679) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 25 1,804,340 (±1 / ±81,967)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,167 ±718 Number of households
  • the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 64,563 ±626
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (32,545  ±1,634) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 2.5 162,502 (±0 / ±42)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.3% ±4.9% (481  ±378) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 9.2% † 3,661 (±1.8% / ±693)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,069 ±696 Number of housing units
  • the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 68,899 ±58
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$126,300 ±$20,751 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: $200,200 ±$9,662
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.2% ±4.4% (3,628  ±1,445.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 15.8% † 25,623 (±1.9% / ±3,049.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

70.2% ±6% (13,605  ±1,410.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 78.3% 77,278 (±2.8% / ±2,741.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.8% ±4.4% (3,448  ±868.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 17.6% 17,405 (±1.5% / ±1,440.8)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

22.6% ±5.2% (7,352  ±1,732) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 16.7% 27,480
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4% ±1.5% (882  ±326) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Odessa, TX Metro Area: 4.6% † 5,261 (±0.7% / ±747)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
882 Total veterans ±326 851 Male ±327 31 Female ±55

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