Higginsville vs Odessa

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

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

Odessa has the higher population (5,589 vs 4,775 in Higginsville). Odessa has the higher median household income ($85,592 vs $76,409 in Higginsville). Odessa has the higher median home value ($209,600 vs $163,700 in Higginsville).

Population, income & housing

	Higginsville	Odessa
Population	4,775	5,589
Median age	42.7 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,409	$85,592
Median home value	$163,700	$209,600
Median gross rent	$901	$998
Housing units	2,452	2,454
Homeownership rate	71.4%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Higginsville	Odessa
Population	4,619 → 4,775 (+3.4%)	5,210 → 5,589 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$45,921 → $76,409 (+66.4%)	$52,684 → $85,592 (+62.5%)
Median home value	$104,900 → $163,700 (+56.1%)	$137,900 → $209,600 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $901 (+23.4%)	$721 → $998 (+38.4%)

Higginsville

Population

4,6194,775

Median household income

$45,921$76,409

Median home value

$104,900$163,700

Median gross rent

$730$901

Odessa

Population

5,2105,589

Median household income

$52,684$85,592

Median home value

$137,900$209,600

Median gross rent

$721$998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Higginsville	Odessa
Under 5	3.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	11.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	10.8%
25 to 34	18.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	9.3%
65 to 74	14.3%	10.7%
75 and over	9.9%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Higginsville	Odessa
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	95.7%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Higginsville	Odessa
No high school diploma	13.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	33.4%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Higginsville	Odessa
Drove alone	85.1%	88.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Higginsville	Odessa
1-unit, detached	81.6%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Higginsville	Odessa
Poverty rate	6.6%	5.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1971	1983