Odem has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Odem report 430 jobs; 886 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Odem are C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 1% of workers work from home; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Odem and work: the main findings
Odem and Corpus Christi trade workers both ways
Corpus Christi is the top workplace for Odem residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Odem come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Odem workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 886 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Odem’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Odem is better than 39% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Odem’s grade up (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Odem could be anywhere from D to A.
36% of working residents work in Corpus Christi
Where Odem clocks in
36% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Getting to work from Odem takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Odem workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 932 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily flow of workers through Odem
On a workday 826 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 370 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Odem on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Most jobs in Odem are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Odem, 2013 → 2023: 444 → 430. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Odem’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Odem works
About 29% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Odem is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Odem is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 944 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.7% of Odem households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Odem’s commuters take a bus or train.
Odem next to U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100: 2,888th of 5,328 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bartonville TX | 1,937 | $149K | 4.3% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,886 | Panguitch UT | 1,779 | $77K | 5.9% | 8.1% | 36% | C+ |
| 2,887 | McChord AFB WA | 2,999 | $55K | 14.4% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,888 | Odem TX | 2,291 | $69K | 11.5% | 5.9% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,889 | Holliday TX | 1,733 | $63K | 8.7% | 5.5% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,890 | Tenino WA | 1,941 | $83K | 11.6% | 5.3% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Odem, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Odem: questions
What is the median household income in Odem?
$69,267 (±$19,251) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Odem?
11.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Odem?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Odem work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corpus Christi (36%, 29 mi), San Antonio (5%, 119 mi), Sinton (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Odem walkable?
Odem is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Odem without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Odem, from the people who make the trip.
More of Odem
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.