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Get results in days, not monthsResults in days, not monthsOdessa's search market is young, bilingual and drawn to a busy calendar. The median age is 30.7, 29.4% of residents are under 18 and 40.4% speak Spanish at home, which sets the city apart from the typical Texas city on each count. A business here is most often found by a parent holding a phone, searching in English or Spanish for something close by on a night when Ratliff Stadium or the Ector County Coliseum has a crowd.
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City Search Competition Index
35.8/ 100
Rank 142 of 203 in Texas
From the Census ACS 2018-2022, 2023 population estimates and County Business Patterns 2022. Each bar compares Odessa with the other 202 Texas cities in this set, not with the country. How the score is built: methodology. Updated October 2026.
Who is buying
Census data for resident workers show mining and oil and gas at 6,886 people (12.7%), retail trade at 6,412 (11.8%), health care and social assistance at 5,437 (10%), education at 4,734 (8.7%), construction at 4,041 (7.4%) and manufacturing at 3,985 (7.3%). Oil and gas is the biggest single field, but it is one of six large ones, and the others sell to households: clinics, classrooms, stores and crews that build and repair homes.
The City of Odessa's 2021 annual financial report, as summarized by Wikipedia, lists Ector County Independent School District first with 4,163 employees, then Medical Center Hospital with 1,977, Halliburton with 1,400, Odessa Regional Medical Center with 800 and H-E-B with 721. Those are big payrolls spread across education, health care, energy services and groceries, and each one buys uniforms, repairs, catering, printing and professional help from local firms.
Ector County has 46 electrical contractors at 1.25 times the typical density (up 9.5%), 78 physicians' offices at 1.18 times, 49 general automotive repair shops at 1.16 times (up 8.9%) and 68 insurance agencies at 1.15 times. Full-service restaurants number 103 and grew 33.8%. These are county figures, but they show where a company needs a distinguishing page: a service list, a neighborhood, a language, a schedule.
What people do for work
The work people do affects when they search and how much they can spend. Here are the six industries that employ the most Odessa residents, based on the American Community Survey.
| Industry | Employed residents | Share of employed |
|---|---|---|
| Mining and oil and gas | 6,886 | 12.7% |
| Retail trade | 6,412 | 11.8% |
| Health care and social assistance | 5,437 | 10% |
| Education | 4,734 | 8.7% |
| Construction | 4,041 | 7.4% |
| Manufacturing | 3,985 | 7.3% |
From the Census ACS 5-year estimates (2018-2022), employed civilians 16 and older. A resident may work outside the city, so this is about people who live here.
The competing field
Odessa is part of Ector County, so these rows cover the whole county, which is the smallest unit the Census publishes. A ratio over 1.0x means more of that business per resident than in the typical U.S. county.
| Business type | Count in Ector County | Per 10,000 people | Compared with a typical U.S. county |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical contractors | 46 | 2.8 | 1.25x |
| Physicians offices | 78 | 4.7 | 1.18x |
| General automotive repair | 49 | 3 | 1.16x |
| Insurance agencies and brokerages | 68 | 4.1 | 1.15x |
| Full-service restaurants | 103 | 6.3 | 0.93x |
Source: Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Only businesses with employees are counted, and the totals are for the whole county.
Search habits
The median age is 30.7 against 35.2 in the typical Texas city of our study, children under 18 are 29.4% of residents against 25.9%, and just 9.9% are 65 or older. Pediatric dentists, tutors, swim and sports programs, daycare centers and family restaurants are chasing the same parents, who often decide late in the evening and want hours, prices and a map before they call.
Spanish is spoken at home by 40.4% of residents, and 13.8% were born outside the United States. That is a large audience, not a niche. Dental, auto repair, tax preparation, child care and home repair companies serve it best with separate Spanish pages, written by a fluent writer rather than translated by software, that sit beside the English pages and carry the same address, hours and services.
Median household income is $71,293, a little below $76,686, and the median home value is $193,500 against $246,300. Median rent is $1,282, 40.9% of households rent, 6.1% of the labor force is unemployed and 14.7% of residents live below the poverty line. Households with budgets like these compare providers, so pages that state what a service involves and how booking works answer the question that would send them elsewhere.
Only 3.2% of workers work from home, and 10.9% commute 45 minutes or more. Across 51.889 square miles at 2,185 residents per square mile, most people are on site at a job, a school or a rig for the day and search in short breaks, at lunch and after work. A listing that opens at the right hour and a page that loads at once on a phone matter more than long copy.
What a plan emphasizes
Spanish beside English
Dentists, auto shops, tax preparers and home-repair crews, serving a city where 40.4% of residents speak Spanish at home, publish a Spanish version of each core service page, written by a fluent person and linked to its English twin. The Google Maps listing carries Spanish-language services and answers reviews in both languages.
Stadium and coliseum crowds
Ratliff Stadium seats 17,931 and the Ector County Coliseum seats 5,131, and restaurants, gas stations and hotels nearby need hours, parking notes and menus that are correct on those evenings. We keep the listing current and publish a short page for each major event habit.
29.4% of residents under 18
Pediatric offices, tutoring centers, sports leagues and daycare providers, who serve a city where 29.4% of residents are under 18, write pages that answer a parent's first questions about ages, cost, schedule and safety. Short, plain pages with a clear phone number suit a reader who is also making dinner.
Near campuses and hospitals
Businesses near the University of Texas Permian Basin, Odessa College, Medical Center Hospital and Odessa Regional Medical Center build pages for those neighborhoods: housing, food, rides, pharmacy and therapy within a short drive. A page names the landmark, the distance and the hours.
Electrical, auto repair, insurance
Electrical contractors, repair shops and insurance agencies in Ector County face thick fields, so one page per service, with photos of real work and reviews that name the job, helps a company stand apart. A firm that also serves Midland keeps a separate page for each city.
Crater, museum, Globe
Visitors to the Odessa Meteor Crater, the Presidential Museum and Leadership Library or the Globe of the Great Southwest look for lunch, rooms and gas on the same trip. A short page that says how far a business is from each sight, with accurate hours, captures that search.
With 40.4% Spanish at home and 29.4% of residents under 18, a plan here builds on language and family life first, then layers on the calendar and the trades.
On the map
For 113,353 residents, directions are given in landmarks, from a stadium to a mall to a college, and businesses that echo those names on their pages and listings match how people ask.
| Part of town | Why it matters in search |
|---|---|
| Ratliff Stadium | Home to Odessa High School and Permian High School football since 1982, the biggest crowd draw in town and a driver of food, fuel and parking searches on Friday nights. |
| Ector County Coliseum | At 4201 Andrews Highway since 1954, with hockey, a rodeo each January and the Permian Basin Fair, so searches for hours and parking spike around events. |
| Music City Mall | At 4101 East 42nd Street, a one-level mall of about 820,000 square feet, where shoppers look for lunch, repairs and services within a short drive. |
| University of Texas Permian Basin | A 644-acre campus founded in 1973 that sends students, faculty and visitors looking for housing, groceries and quick meals. |
| Odessa College | An 80-acre main campus whose Wranglers teams and technical programs bring steady local traffic for supplies, rides and food. |
| Globe of the Great Southwest | A Shakespeare theater replica on the college grounds, where festival visitors search for dinner and lodging nearby. |
| Presidential Museum and Leadership Library | A museum on the university campus for school groups and travelers, who tend to add a lunch stop and a tank of gas. |
| Odessa Meteor Crater | About 3 miles south of the interstate at Exit 108, a roadside sight whose visitors look for nearby food, fuel and a place to stretch. |
| White-Pool House | An 1887 house at 112 East Murphy Street, the oldest structure still standing in town, useful as a downtown anchor for history searches. |
Names come from public city, county and regional sources. Boundaries are informal, and searchers use whatever local name they know.
Closest Texas matches
Each peer is the nearest fit across population, income, age, renters, density, language at home, seasonal homes and seniors. Each name goes to that city's own page.
| City | Competition index | Population | Median income | Median age | Renter share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odessa, TX (this city) | 35.8 | 113,353 | $71,293 | 30.7 | 40.9% |
| Baytown, TX | 50.8 | 84,449 | $61,158 | 33.9 | 46.4% |
| Midland, TX | 66.1 | 132,490 | $90,448 | 31.4 | 36.1% |
| Grand Prairie, TX | 69.9 | 197,279 | $76,626 | 33.7 | 40.8% |
| Mesquite, TX | 70.9 | 149,439 | $69,649 | 33.4 | 38% |
| Pasadena, TX | 59.5 | 150,620 | $64,698 | 32.6 | 46.2% |
From Census ACS 2018-2022. All cities are compared on the same eight measures.
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Narrow searches that pair a service with a neighborhood or a language can start moving within weeks, and broad searches across Ector County take months. We never promise a date. The monthly report from Search Console and Analytics shows impressions, calls and form fills by page, including the Spanish ones, so you can see which language is working.
It is, because shoppers at Music City Mall decide where to eat on their phones while they are still in the building. At 4101 East 42nd Street the nearest complete listing with current hours, photos of the dining room and a visible menu link has the advantage. Answer reviews in the language they were written in.
It can, and many Ector County companies do. Midland is 17 miles away and Big Spring is 56 miles away, and each has its own page on this site. A separate page for each city lets customers see the right landmarks, while each listing keeps one true address.
If the hours really change, yes. Football crowds at Ratliff Stadium search for food and parking before and after kickoff, so a listing that shows extended hours or a pregame menu helps. Set special hours for the date and switch them back afterward, so regular hours never look wrong the next week.
Better to write them, since 40.4% of residents speak Spanish at home, with a fluent person who knows how customers here describe the service. Literal translations can sound stiff and miss the words people type. Keep the facts identical, name the same streets and hours, and let the Spanish page open with what the customer wants to know first.
Often, because 49 repair shops in Ector County serve both fleets and households, and a family searching for brake service wants to know about cost and wait time. Separate pages for fleet work and for personal vehicles let each buyer find the details they need.
Yes, as long as the page describes your own service and where you are in relation to the University of Texas Permian Basin campus. Avoid implying any link with the university. Parents and students search by distance, so a short, honest page with directions and hours serves them.
A little, and mostly as a seasonal bonus rather than a core market. A short page that says how far you are from the crater and when you are open can catch travelers heading back toward the interstate, while your main plan stays focused on the 113,353 people who live here.
The area around Odessa
Straight-line distances run from one city center to the next:
For the county as a whole, our Ector County page is the better starting point.
Let us know
Tell us who your customers are, in which language they search and whether they come in after the Friday game at Ratliff Stadium or after a shift change. We will answer with a short outline of the pages and listings that fit. Call 610-825-4363 or email hello@getphound.com.