Arden vs Odessa

A side-by-side comparison of Arden and Odessa: population, income, housing, and more.

Arden and Odessa are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arden has the higher population (600 vs 392 in Odessa). Odessa has the higher median household income ($86,875 vs $80,417 in Arden). Arden has the higher median home value ($484,200 vs $355,000 in Odessa).

Population, income & housing

	Arden	Odessa
Population	600	392
Median age	60.1 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,417	$86,875
Median home value	$484,200	$355,000
Median gross rent	$1,250	$1,344
Housing units	274	179
Homeownership rate	74.0%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arden	Odessa
Population	380 → 600 (+57.9%)	511 → 392 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$66,023 → $80,417 (+21.8%)	$73,594 → $86,875 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$375,900 → $484,200 (+28.8%)	$276,600 → $355,000 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,250 (+0.0%)	$1,232 → $1,344 (+9.1%)

Arden

Population

380600

Median household income

$66,023$80,417

Median home value

$375,900$484,200

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,250

Odessa

Population

511392

Median household income

$73,594$86,875

Median home value

$276,600$355,000

Median gross rent

$1,232$1,344

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arden	Odessa
Under 5	1.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	6.8%	26.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	6.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	4.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.2%	8.4%
65 to 74	31.2%	16.8%
75 and over	8.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arden	Odessa
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	70.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	16.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arden	Odessa
No high school diploma	1.2%	3.4%
High school graduate	24.9%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arden	Odessa
Drove alone	81.2%	78.6%
Carpooled	0.4%	1.7%
Public transit	0.8%	1.2%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	17.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arden	Odessa
1-unit, detached	93.4%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Arden	Odessa
Poverty rate	4.9%	1.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1946	1945