Odessa vs Ortonville

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

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

Ortonville has the higher population (1,968 vs 91 in Odessa). Ortonville has the higher median household income ($53,021 vs $38,750 in Odessa). Ortonville has the higher median home value ($117,500 vs $66,000 in Odessa).

Population, income & housing

	Odessa	Ortonville
Population	91	1,968
Median age	36.5 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$38,750	$53,021
Median home value	$66,000	$117,500
Median gross rent	—	$733
Housing units	67	1,051
Homeownership rate	82.4%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Odessa	Ortonville
Population	115 → 91 (-20.9%)	1,984 → 1,968 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $38,750 (-32.6%)	$48,906 → $53,021 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$50,500 → $66,000 (+30.7%)	$88,100 → $117,500 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$570 → $733 (+28.6%)

Odessa

Population

11591

Median household income

$57,500$38,750

Median home value

$50,500$66,000

Ortonville

Population

1,9841,968

Median household income

$48,906$53,021

Median home value

$88,100$117,500

Median gross rent

$570$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Odessa	Ortonville
Under 5	6.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	5.5%	15.3%
18 to 24	18.7%	3.1%
25 to 34	17.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	15.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	6.6%	13.0%
75 and over	5.5%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Odessa	Ortonville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Odessa	Ortonville
No high school diploma	6.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	28.6%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Odessa	Ortonville
Drove alone	73.8%	75.5%
Carpooled	15.4%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	3.2%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Odessa	Ortonville
1-unit, detached	98.5%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Odessa	Ortonville
Poverty rate	25.3%	10.9%
Average household size	1.78	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	47	12
Median year structure built	1938	1952