Levelland vs Opdyke West

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

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

Levelland has the higher population (12,565 vs 230 in Opdyke West). Opdyke West has the higher median household income ($52,045 vs $51,847 in Levelland). Levelland has the higher median home value ($126,200 vs $31,900 in Opdyke West).

Population, income & housing

	Levelland	Opdyke West
Population	12,565	230
Median age	34.2 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,847	$52,045
Median home value	$126,200	$31,900
Median gross rent	$789	$921
Housing units	5,316	126
Homeownership rate	69.5%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Levelland	Opdyke West
Population	13,596 → 12,565 (-7.6%)	222 → 230 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$46,473 → $51,847 (+11.6%)	$39,265 → $52,045 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$98,300 → $126,200 (+28.4%)	$9,999 → $31,900 (+219.0%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $789 (+19.0%)	$841 → $921 (+9.5%)

Levelland

Population

13,59612,565

Median household income

$46,473$51,847

Median home value

$98,300$126,200

Median gross rent

$663$789

Opdyke West

Population

222230

Median household income

$39,265$52,045

Median home value

$9,999$31,900

Median gross rent

$841$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Levelland	Opdyke West
Under 5	6.8%	15.2%
5 to 17	19.2%	4.8%
18 to 24	11.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	33.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	2.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	5.7%
75 and over	5.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Levelland	Opdyke West
White (non-Hispanic)	38.5%	64.3%
Black or African American	3.3%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	56.5%	32.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Levelland	Opdyke West
No high school diploma	22.6%	20.3%
High school graduate	27.2%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Levelland	Opdyke West
Drove alone	81.9%	82.2%
Carpooled	14.2%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Levelland	Opdyke West
1-unit, detached	81.0%	4.8%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	5.6%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	89.7%

Poverty & households

	Levelland	Opdyke West
Poverty rate	13.8%	7.8%
Average household size	2.57	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1975	1997