What is the population of Odem city?

Odem city has 2,128 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #716 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Odem city?

Median household income in Odem city is $61,094 a year, 22.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Odem city?

Median gross rent is $737 a month and the median home value is $137,500, so rent absorbs about 14.5% of median household income.

Is Odem city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Odem city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Odem, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Odem, Texas (Odem, TX — Census place “Odem city”) is 2,128 residents, ranking #716 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $61,094, the median home is worth $137,500 and median gross rent runs $737 a month. Looking for the Odem Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Odem, TX: 78370.

Population: 2,128Odem city residents
Median household income: $61,094Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $137,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $737Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 62.6%Owner-occupied households

Odem ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Odem.

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

78370

What the numbers mean in Odem city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Odem city median would spend about 14.5% 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 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.9% of residents and 62.6% of households own their home.

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

Odem city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Odem city is a small town in Texas, with 2,128 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #716 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 61% of them. The median age here is 38.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Odem city earn a median of $61,094 a year, 22.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 6% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 13.9% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Odem city is valued at $137,500, 54.7% below the national figure and 23% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $737 a month, 47.6% below the national figure, or roughly $8,844 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.5% 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 2.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 62.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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

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What is the population of Odem city?: Odem city has 2,128 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #716 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Odem city?: Median household income in Odem city is $61,094 a year, 22.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Odem city?: Median gross rent is $737 a month and the median home value is $137,500, so rent absorbs about 14.5% of median household income.
Is Odem city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Odem city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Odem city 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.