Gardendale vs Odessa

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

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

Odessa has the higher population (114,080 vs 1,520 in Gardendale). Gardendale has the higher median household income ($96,974 vs $73,030 in Odessa). Gardendale has the higher median home value ($367,700 vs $208,000 in Odessa).

Population, income & housing

	Gardendale	Odessa
Population	1,520	114,080
Median age	31.6 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$96,974	$73,030
Median home value	$367,700	$208,000
Median gross rent	$1,306	$1,322
Housing units	670	48,834
Homeownership rate	90.3%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardendale	Odessa
Population	1,819 → 1,520 (-16.4%)	119,702 → 114,080 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$81,659 → $96,974 (+18.8%)	$63,847 → $73,030 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$196,000 → $367,700 (+87.6%)	$151,500 → $208,000 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,011 → $1,306 (+29.2%)	$1,091 → $1,322 (+21.2%)

Gardendale

Population

1,8191,520

Median household income

$81,659$96,974

Median home value

$196,000$367,700

Median gross rent

$1,011$1,306

Odessa

Population

119,702114,080

Median household income

$63,847$73,030

Median home value

$151,500$208,000

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,322

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardendale	Odessa
Under 5	8.2%	9.0%
5 to 17	21.7%	20.7%
18 to 24	3.9%	9.7%
25 to 34	25.3%	17.2%
35 to 44	10.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	4.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	5.6%	8.7%
65 to 74	12.7%	6.5%
75 and over	7.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardendale	Odessa
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	28.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	28.9%	61.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardendale	Odessa
No high school diploma	9.9%	18.4%
High school graduate	31.7%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardendale	Odessa
Drove alone	66.7%	83.2%
Carpooled	27.4%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.9%	3.1%
Other means	3.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardendale	Odessa
1-unit, detached	53.3%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	46.7%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Gardendale	Odessa
Poverty rate	1.1%	14.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1999	1978