What is the population of Odessa town?

Odessa town has 392 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #65 of 79 in Delaware.

What is the median household income in Odessa town?

Median household income in Odessa town is $86,875 a year, 10.6% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Odessa town?

Median gross rent is $1,344 a month and the median home value is $355,000, so rent absorbs about 18.6% of median household income.

Is Odessa town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Odessa town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Odessa, DE population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Odessa, Delaware (Odessa, DE — Census place “Odessa town”) is 392 residents, ranking #65 of 79 places in Delaware. Median household income is $86,875, the median home is worth $355,000 and median gross rent runs $1,344 a month. Looking for the Odessa Delaware ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Odessa, DE: 19730.

Population: 392Odessa town residents
Median household income: $86,875Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $355,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,344Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 79.9%Owner-occupied households

Odessa ZIP codes (Delaware)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Odessa.

The Odessa DE ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

19730

What the numbers mean in Odessa town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Odessa town median would spend about 18.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 1.5% of residents and 79.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Odessa town, DE in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Odessa town is a very small community in Delaware, with 392 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #65 of 79 ranked by population — larger than 17% of them. The median age here is 42 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Odessa town earn a median of $86,875 a year, 10.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 16% above the $75,000 median for the 54 Delaware cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 1.5% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Odessa town is valued at $355,000, 17% above the national figure and 27% above the $280,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,344 a month, 4.4% below the national figure, or roughly $16,128 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 79.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 392 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Odessa town against its county rather than against national figures.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Odessa town?: Odessa town has 392 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #65 of 79 in Delaware.
What is the median household income in Odessa town?: Median household income in Odessa town is $86,875 a year, 10.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Odessa town?: Median gross rent is $1,344 a month and the median home value is $355,000, so rent absorbs about 18.6% of median household income.
Is Odessa town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Odessa town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Odessa town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.