Ardentown vs Odessa

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

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

Odessa has the higher population (392 vs 269 in Ardentown). Odessa has the higher median household income ($86,875 vs $81,250 in Ardentown). Ardentown has the higher median home value ($369,200 vs $355,000 in Odessa).

Population, income & housing

	Ardentown	Odessa
Population	269	392
Median age	57.3 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$86,875
Median home value	$369,200	$355,000
Median gross rent	$1,433	$1,344
Housing units	145	179
Homeownership rate	72.1%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.9%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ardentown	Odessa
Population	273 → 269 (-1.5%)	511 → 392 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$62,188 → $81,250 (+30.7%)	$73,594 → $86,875 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$317,300 → $369,200 (+16.4%)	$276,600 → $355,000 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,393 → $1,433 (+2.9%)	$1,232 → $1,344 (+9.1%)

Ardentown

Population

273269

Median household income

$62,188$81,250

Median home value

$317,300$369,200

Median gross rent

$1,393$1,433

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)

	Ardentown	Odessa
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.8%	26.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	3.6%
25 to 34	3.7%	6.4%
35 to 44	5.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	7.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	25.7%	8.4%
65 to 74	19.7%	16.8%
75 and over	15.2%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ardentown	Odessa
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	70.4%
Black or African American	3.0%	16.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ardentown	Odessa
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	11.5%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	31.3%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ardentown	Odessa
Drove alone	48.0%	78.6%
Carpooled	12.0%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.4%	17.3%
Other means	4.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ardentown	Odessa
1-unit, detached	82.8%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Ardentown	Odessa
Poverty rate	8.4%	1.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1948	1945