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About
None of the households in Odessa, TX reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
90.5% of the residents in Odessa, TX are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Odessa, TX are Odessa College (1,907 degrees awarded in 2024) and The University of Texas Permian Basin (1,369 degrees).
In 2024, the median property value in Odessa, TX was $223,100, and the homeownership rate was 59.8%.
Most people in Odessa, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 22.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Odessa, TX was 2 cars per household.
About the photo: Austin at Sunset
Photo by Ed Schipul
Social Needs
In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).
The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.