Odem vs Taft Southwest

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

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

Odem has the higher population (2,128 vs 1,399 in Taft Southwest). Odem has the higher median household income ($61,094 vs $50,769 in Taft Southwest). Odem has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $92,900 in Taft Southwest).

Population, income & housing

	Odem	Taft Southwest
Population	2,128	1,399
Median age	38.8 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,094	$50,769
Median home value	$137,500	$92,900
Median gross rent	$737	$1,286
Housing units	759	622
Homeownership rate	62.6%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	1.8%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Odem	Taft Southwest
Population	2,649 → 2,128 (-19.7%)	982 → 1,399 (+42.5%)
Median household income	$44,063 → $61,094 (+38.7%)	$14,659 → $50,769 (+246.3%)
Median home value	$105,100 → $137,500 (+30.8%)	$43,100 → $92,900 (+115.5%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $737 (-12.1%)	$1,290 → $1,286 (-0.3%)

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 Southwest

Population

9821,399

Median household income

$14,659$50,769

Median home value

$43,100$92,900

Median gross rent

$1,290$1,286

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Odem	Taft Southwest
Under 5	6.6%	12.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	24.2%
18 to 24	14.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	17.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	5.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	7.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.4%
75 and over	5.1%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Odem	Taft Southwest
White (non-Hispanic)	11.9%	3.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	87.2%	96.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Odem	Taft Southwest
No high school diploma	12.9%	41.1%
High school graduate	36.0%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Odem	Taft Southwest
Drove alone	94.5%	80.4%
Carpooled	2.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Odem	Taft Southwest
1-unit, detached	89.7%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	25.6%

Poverty & households

	Odem	Taft Southwest
Poverty rate	13.9%	8.3%
Average household size	3.20	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1973	1960