Odessa vs West Odessa

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

Odessa and West 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 31,985 in West Odessa). Odessa has the higher median household income ($73,030 vs $65,782 in West Odessa). Odessa has the higher median home value ($208,000 vs $134,100 in West Odessa).

Population, income & housing

	Odessa	West Odessa
Population	114,080	31,985
Median age	31.0 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,030	$65,782
Median home value	$208,000	$134,100
Median gross rent	$1,322	$974
Housing units	48,834	12,855
Homeownership rate	59.2%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Odessa	West Odessa
Population	119,702 → 114,080 (-4.7%)	25,962 → 31,985 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$63,847 → $73,030 (+14.4%)	$61,460 → $65,782 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$151,500 → $208,000 (+37.3%)	$101,700 → $134,100 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,091 → $1,322 (+21.2%)	$1,006 → $974 (-3.2%)

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

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)

	Odessa	West Odessa
Under 5	9.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	20.7%	24.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	17.2%	15.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	15.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	8.7%	8.7%
65 to 74	6.5%	5.5%
75 and over	3.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Odessa	West Odessa
White (non-Hispanic)	28.9%	31.1%
Black or African American	6.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	61.2%	66.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Odessa	West Odessa
No high school diploma	18.4%	30.5%
High school graduate	30.6%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Odessa	West Odessa
Drove alone	83.2%	85.5%
Carpooled	11.0%	8.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	3.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Odessa	West Odessa
1-unit, detached	63.8%	42.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	0.9%
20 or more units	10.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	56.3%

Poverty & households

	Odessa	West Odessa
Poverty rate	14.4%	17.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	22	36
Median year structure built	1978	1987