Odessa vs Waverly

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

Odessa and Waverly 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 854 in Waverly). Odessa has the higher median household income ($85,592 vs $48,000 in Waverly). Odessa has the higher median home value ($209,600 vs $107,500 in Waverly).

Population, income & housing

	Odessa	Waverly
Population	5,589	854
Median age	41.2 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$85,592	$48,000
Median home value	$209,600	$107,500
Median gross rent	$998	$835
Housing units	2,454	341
Homeownership rate	73.8%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Odessa	Waverly
Population	5,210 → 5,589 (+7.3%)	823 → 854 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$52,684 → $85,592 (+62.5%)	$49,000 → $48,000 (-2.0%)
Median home value	$137,900 → $209,600 (+52.0%)	$79,800 → $107,500 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $998 (+38.4%)	$678 → $835 (+23.2%)

Odessa

Population

5,2105,589

Median household income

$52,684$85,592

Median home value

$137,900$209,600

Median gross rent

$721$998

Waverly

Population

823854

Median household income

$49,000$48,000

Median home value

$79,800$107,500

Median gross rent

$678$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Odessa	Waverly
Under 5	4.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	26.3%
18 to 24	10.8%	4.7%
25 to 34	12.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	9.3%	9.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.1%
75 and over	9.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Odessa	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	77.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.5%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Odessa	Waverly
No high school diploma	5.9%	9.6%
High school graduate	40.5%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Odessa	Waverly
Drove alone	88.4%	76.1%
Carpooled	3.3%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Odessa	Waverly
1-unit, detached	76.7%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Odessa	Waverly
Poverty rate	5.1%	8.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1983	1971