Gardendale vs West Odessa

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

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

West Odessa has the higher population (31,985 vs 1,520 in Gardendale). Gardendale has the higher median household income ($96,974 vs $65,782 in West Odessa). Gardendale has the higher median home value ($367,700 vs $134,100 in West Odessa).

Population, income & housing

	Gardendale	West Odessa
Population	1,520	31,985
Median age	31.6 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$96,974	$65,782
Median home value	$367,700	$134,100
Median gross rent	$1,306	$974
Housing units	670	12,855
Homeownership rate	90.3%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardendale	West Odessa
Population	1,819 → 1,520 (-16.4%)	25,962 → 31,985 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$81,659 → $96,974 (+18.8%)	$61,460 → $65,782 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$196,000 → $367,700 (+87.6%)	$101,700 → $134,100 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,011 → $1,306 (+29.2%)	$1,006 → $974 (-3.2%)

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

West Odessa

Population

25,96231,985

Median household income

$61,460$65,782

Median home value

$101,700$134,100

Median gross rent

$1,006$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardendale	West Odessa
Under 5	8.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	21.7%	24.2%
18 to 24	3.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	25.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	15.5%
45 to 54	4.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	5.6%	8.7%
65 to 74	12.7%	5.5%
75 and over	7.6%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardendale	West Odessa
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	31.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	28.9%	66.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardendale	West Odessa
No high school diploma	9.9%	30.5%
High school graduate	31.7%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardendale	West Odessa
Drove alone	66.7%	85.5%
Carpooled	27.4%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	3.8%
Other means	3.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardendale	West Odessa
1-unit, detached	53.3%	42.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.7%	56.3%

Poverty & households

	Gardendale	West Odessa
Poverty rate	1.1%	17.8%
Average household size	2.50	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	27	36
Median year structure built	1999	1987