Odessa vs Shady Hills

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

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

Shady Hills has the higher population (12,012 vs 8,170 in Odessa). Odessa has the higher median household income ($116,870 vs $63,250 in Shady Hills). Odessa has the higher median home value ($503,400 vs $225,600 in Shady Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Odessa	Shady Hills
Population	8,170	12,012
Median age	39.2 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$116,870	$63,250
Median home value	$503,400	$225,600
Median gross rent	$1,620	$1,054
Housing units	3,044	4,593
Homeownership rate	71.9%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Odessa	Shady Hills
Population	8,036 → 8,170 (+1.7%)	12,252 → 12,012 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$84,583 → $116,870 (+38.2%)	$51,369 → $63,250 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$294,700 → $503,400 (+70.8%)	$139,200 → $225,600 (+62.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,620 (+29.6%)	$887 → $1,054 (+18.8%)

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

Shady Hills

Population

12,25212,012

Median household income

$51,369$63,250

Median home value

$139,200$225,600

Median gross rent

$887$1,054

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Odessa	Shady Hills
Under 5	6.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	15.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	16.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.9%
75 and over	4.1%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Odessa	Shady Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	86.7%
Black or African American	4.3%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Odessa	Shady Hills
No high school diploma	3.2%	17.0%
High school graduate	22.6%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	35.3%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Odessa	Shady Hills
Drove alone	65.6%	71.7%
Carpooled	4.6%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	26.0%	12.9%
Other means	3.5%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Odessa	Shady Hills
1-unit, detached	64.8%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	47.5%

Poverty & households

	Odessa	Shady Hills
Poverty rate	4.2%	12.6%
Average household size	2.87	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	2005	1990