Lexington vs Odessa

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

Lexington 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 4,602 in Lexington). Odessa has the higher median household income ($85,592 vs $70,134 in Lexington). Odessa has the higher median home value ($209,600 vs $153,300 in Lexington).

Population, income & housing

	Lexington	Odessa
Population	4,602	5,589
Median age	37.1 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,134	$85,592
Median home value	$153,300	$209,600
Median gross rent	$713	$998
Housing units	2,081	2,454
Homeownership rate	66.8%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lexington	Odessa
Population	4,555 → 4,602 (+1.0%)	5,210 → 5,589 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$58,483 → $70,134 (+19.9%)	$52,684 → $85,592 (+62.5%)
Median home value	$122,500 → $153,300 (+25.1%)	$137,900 → $209,600 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $713 (+12.1%)	$721 → $998 (+38.4%)

Lexington

Population

4,5554,602

Median household income

$58,483$70,134

Median home value

$122,500$153,300

Median gross rent

$636$713

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)

	Lexington	Odessa
Under 5	7.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.1%	12.6%
35 to 44	16.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	4.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	9.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.7%
75 and over	7.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lexington	Odessa
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	95.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lexington	Odessa
No high school diploma	11.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	35.5%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lexington	Odessa
Drove alone	84.2%	88.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	8.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lexington	Odessa
1-unit, detached	83.2%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Lexington	Odessa
Poverty rate	14.3%	5.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1961	1983