Beacon Square vs Odessa

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

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

Odessa has the higher population (8,170 vs 7,643 in Beacon Square). Odessa has the higher median household income ($116,870 vs $52,598 in Beacon Square). Odessa has the higher median home value ($503,400 vs $147,100 in Beacon Square).

Population, income & housing

	Beacon Square	Odessa
Population	7,643	8,170
Median age	47.0 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,598	$116,870
Median home value	$147,100	$503,400
Median gross rent	$1,318	$1,620
Housing units	4,204	3,044
Homeownership rate	71.5%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	50.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beacon Square	Odessa
Population	6,976 → 7,643 (+9.6%)	8,036 → 8,170 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$37,958 → $52,598 (+38.6%)	$84,583 → $116,870 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $147,100 (+79.6%)	$294,700 → $503,400 (+70.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,039 → $1,318 (+26.9%)	$1,250 → $1,620 (+29.6%)

Beacon Square

Population

6,9767,643

Median household income

$37,958$52,598

Median home value

$81,900$147,100

Median gross rent

$1,039$1,318

Odessa

Population

8,0368,170

Median household income

$84,583$116,870

Median home value

$294,700$503,400

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,620

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beacon Square	Odessa
Under 5	2.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	14.8%
35 to 44	8.8%	15.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	19.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.2%
75 and over	10.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beacon Square	Odessa
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	61.1%
Black or African American	8.4%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beacon Square	Odessa
No high school diploma	7.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	45.6%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beacon Square	Odessa
Drove alone	73.1%	65.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	4.6%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	26.0%
Other means	1.5%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beacon Square	Odessa
1-unit, detached	80.1%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Beacon Square	Odessa
Poverty rate	15.9%	4.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1975	2005