Odessa vs Port Penn

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

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

Port Penn has the higher population (477 vs 392 in Odessa). Port Penn has the higher median household income ($95,287 vs $86,875 in Odessa). Port Penn has the higher median home value ($388,500 vs $355,000 in Odessa).

Population, income & housing

	Odessa	Port Penn
Population	392	477
Median age	42.0 yrs	66.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,875	$95,287
Median home value	$355,000	$388,500
Median gross rent	$1,344	—
Housing units	179	136
Homeownership rate	79.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Odessa	Port Penn
Population	511 → 392 (-23.3%)	293 → 477 (+62.8%)
Median household income	$73,594 → $86,875 (+18.0%)	—
Median home value	$276,600 → $355,000 (+28.3%)	$175,000 → $388,500 (+122.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,232 → $1,344 (+9.1%)	—

Odessa

Population

511392

Median household income

$73,594$86,875

Median home value

$276,600$355,000

Median gross rent

$1,232$1,344

Port Penn

Population

293477

Median home value

$175,000$388,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Odessa	Port Penn
Under 5	3.1%	12.4%
5 to 17	26.5%	14.0%
18 to 24	3.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	2.9%
55 to 64	8.4%	2.1%
65 to 74	16.8%	25.6%
75 and over	9.2%	27.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Odessa	Port Penn
White (non-Hispanic)	70.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	16.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Odessa	Port Penn
No high school diploma	3.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	24.0%	75.8%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Odessa	Port Penn
Drove alone	78.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	1.7%	0.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Odessa	Port Penn
1-unit, detached	89.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Odessa	Port Penn
Poverty rate	1.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.47	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1945	1938