Odem vs Taft

A side-by-side comparison of Odem and Taft: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Taft has the higher population (2,847 vs 2,128 in Odem). Taft has the higher median household income ($67,431 vs $61,094 in Odem). Odem has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $124,200 in Taft).

Population, income & housing

	Odem	Taft
Population	2,128	2,847
Median age	38.8 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,094	$67,431
Median home value	$137,500	$124,200
Median gross rent	$737	$980
Housing units	759	1,131
Homeownership rate	62.6%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Odem	Taft
Population	2,649 → 2,128 (-19.7%)	2,945 → 2,847 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$44,063 → $61,094 (+38.7%)	$35,147 → $67,431 (+91.9%)
Median home value	$105,100 → $137,500 (+30.8%)	$69,900 → $124,200 (+77.7%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $737 (-12.1%)	$790 → $980 (+24.1%)

Odem

Population

2,6492,128

Median household income

$44,063$61,094

Median home value

$105,100$137,500

Median gross rent

$838$737

Taft

Population

2,9452,847

Median household income

$35,147$67,431

Median home value

$69,900$124,200

Median gross rent

$790$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Odem	Taft
Under 5	6.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	27.3%
18 to 24	14.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.5%
75 and over	5.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Odem	Taft
White (non-Hispanic)	11.9%	24.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.7%
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	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	87.2%	74.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Odem	Taft
No high school diploma	12.9%	22.1%
High school graduate	36.0%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Odem	Taft
Drove alone	94.5%	83.7%
Carpooled	2.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Odem	Taft
1-unit, detached	89.7%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Odem	Taft
Poverty rate	13.9%	23.4%
Average household size	3.20	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1973	1962