Dade City vs Odessa

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

Dade City 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 7,570 in Dade City). Odessa has the higher median household income ($116,870 vs $63,041 in Dade City). Odessa has the higher median home value ($503,400 vs $211,900 in Dade City).

Population, income & housing

	Dade City	Odessa
Population	7,570	8,170
Median age	42.6 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,041	$116,870
Median home value	$211,900	$503,400
Median gross rent	$1,002	$1,620
Housing units	3,213	3,044
Homeownership rate	65.3%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	50.4%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dade City	Odessa
Population	7,121 → 7,570 (+6.3%)	8,036 → 8,170 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$46,635 → $63,041 (+35.2%)	$84,583 → $116,870 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $211,900 (+99.3%)	$294,700 → $503,400 (+70.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,061 → $1,002 (-5.6%)	$1,250 → $1,620 (+29.6%)

Dade City

Population

7,1217,570

Median household income

$46,635$63,041

Median home value

$106,300$211,900

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,002

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)

	Dade City	Odessa
Under 5	3.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	18.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.5%	14.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	15.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.2%
75 and over	12.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dade City	Odessa
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	61.1%
Black or African American	13.9%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	20.4%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dade City	Odessa
No high school diploma	16.6%	3.2%
High school graduate	37.9%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dade City	Odessa
Drove alone	80.8%	65.6%
Carpooled	9.5%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	26.0%
Other means	0.3%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dade City	Odessa
1-unit, detached	65.6%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	7.5%
20 or more units	8.1%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Dade City	Odessa
Poverty rate	12.7%	4.2%
Average household size	2.64	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1977	2005