Odessa, TX
Census ZIP code profile for Odessa, TX - 6 ZIPs, total population 137,390. Median income, home value, education, commute, and demographics from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2023 5-Year Estimates.
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ACS city ledger plate
Sheet ODESSA-TX · Odessa, TX 6 ZIPs · 137,390 pop · #11462/25278 · Ector County
INC-MID · RANK-MID · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-MID · OWN-MID · POP-MID · SPREAD-WIDE · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $74,153
- RANK-MID #11462/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Gardendale
- BOOK-MID 6 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 67% owners
- POP-MID 137,390
- SPREAD-WIDE 79763→79765
- HOME-LOW $186,333
Nearest income peer: Gardendale, TX (+ $28,407 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Odessa
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Odessa on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Odessa · this city · lowest
Odessa · this city · lowest
$74,153 median HH income
- Gardendale · near
Gardendale · near
$102,560 median HH income
- Goldsmith · highest
Goldsmith · highest
$112,969 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Odessa, TX sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a mid-size population base, across a compact ZIP cluster.
- Top 45%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 137,390
- city population (Census)
- 6
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $74,153
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
A above-median income city on a compact ZIP cluster (6 codes). Income averages $74,153, rent $1,191 , commute about 26 minutes. Sibling ZIPs here are close enough that a two-ZIP compare often answers which side of town.
Every one of the 2 cities sharing Ector County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Odessa, Gardendale and Goldsmith among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Goldsmith marks the far end of that range at $112,969, 52% above Odessa.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Odessa differ
Odessa's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $56,877 in ZIP 79763 to $104,965 in ZIP 79765, while home values span $132,500 in 79763 to $302,300 in 79765. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.8×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 2.3×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 6.3 points
79763 to 79765
79763 to 79765
79765 to 79763
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
ZIP Codes in Odessa, TX
These ZIP codes sit in Ector County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 6 of them fall in Odessa. See the Ector County roll-up →
Every one of the 2 cities sharing Ector County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Odessa, Gardendale and Goldsmith among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Goldsmith marks the far end of that range at $112,969, 52% above Odessa.
Side-by-side: Compare 79762 vs 79763 →
Higher-income city averages still hide neighborhood splits. Use Census ACS for income and tenure, and HUD Fair Market Rents when the question is rent vs the municipal mean in Odessa.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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