West OdessaTX
A town of 32,594.
Is West Odessa a good place to live?
West Odessa gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $126K, 1.8 years of the Odessa metro’s $72K median household income. It grades C− overall, 425th of 640 graded towns in Texas. The low prices come with trade-offs. Its schools rank behind 86% of the state's and residents are less healthy than 82% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. West Odessa’s typical journey to work is 34 minutes, above both the Texas town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. Kellus Turner Park, at 37 acres with 1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
West Odessa has grown 47% from 2010 to 2020
22,707 counted in 2010 and 33,340 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How West Odessa grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far West Odessa is from typical.
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Moving to West Odessa: who provides what
West Odessa is unincorporated, so Ector County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in West Odessa.
West Odessa has homes that are cheap against local pay and has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has commutes longer than most of Texas.
West Odessa’s grade for schools is a D
Public schools: Ector County ISD. One of its 5 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. 4 public schools serve West Odessa, with 3,319 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murry Fly ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 1,091 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
A smaller share of adults had a checkup this year in West Odessa than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
Among adults in West Odessa, 15% smoke cigarettes. Of 31 CDC measures, West Odessa beats the Texas average on 1 and trails it on 17.
| West Odessa | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 20% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 68% | 74% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | West Odessa | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.5% | 6.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 32.6% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
West Odessa has 0.5 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
The average commute for its 12,566 working residents takes 33.8 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
17% of residents live below the poverty line in West Odessa. For most workers, West Odessa is a place to come home to: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Odessa (36%), Midland (14%) and Lubbock (2%). The median commute is under 12 miles.
| West Odessa | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In West Odessa, expect mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons average 95.6°, hotter than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 30.9°.
About 2 inches of snow falls in a winter. The peak summer temperature for West Odessa comes to 96°F.
| West Odessa | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 96°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 31°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Open space protected for good: 0.1% of West Odessa
Across 1 park or preserve: 10 miles of trail. West Odessa’s concentration of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| West Odessa | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kellus Turner Park | 1 mi | 37 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Top of a high hazard risk in West Odessa: inland flooding
Compared with 60% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in West Odessa is higher. FEMA puts 50% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 22% to hail. Since 2002, West Odessa has seen 5 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in West Odessa sell for about $300K
At 1.8 years of the Odessa metro’s $72K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 95% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $1,334, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The share of households in West Odessa who own their home: 75%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about West Odessa
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of West Odessa
About 4 of every 100 West Odessa residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
91% of working residents leave West Odessa for work
Where West Odessa’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About West Odessa
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
West Odessa is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Ector County, Texas, United States, on the west side of the city of Odessa. As of the 2020 census, West Odessa had a population of 33,340. It is part of the Odessa metropolitan area.
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- Area
- 63 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,963 ft
West Odessa’s neighbors
One town shares a border with West Odessa.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Odessa | #425 | C− | A | — | D | C− |
| Odessa | #586 | D− | C− | C | D | C |
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Questions about West Odessa
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is West Odessa, TX a good place to live?
West Odessa grades C− overall, better than 16% of U.S. towns and #425 of 640 in Texas. It grades C− for health and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
Is West Odessa, TX expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $126,000, 57% below the Texas typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.