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Real estate agents and brokers in the Odessa, TX metro area

The real estate agents and brokers in the Odessa, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 82 out of 100: High

Ranked #3 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
91
1 chain location (1%)
Official establishments
17
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$957.7M
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,833 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
193
93% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.1
54% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
173,801
+5.0% since 2020

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What this means

For real estate agents and brokers, the Odessa metro area has a Groundwork market score of 82 (high): #3 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for real estate agents and brokers.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Odessa metro area comes to about $957.7M a year: $14,833 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 93% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate agents and brokers take in.

The Odessa metro area has 91 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (1%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.1, 54% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Odessa metro area was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 3,798 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Odessa metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Odessa metro area compares

The same measures for Texas and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.

Real estate agents and brokers in Odessa, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureOdessa metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.129.730.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)19397100
Households per official establishment3,798964788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+32.0%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,833$15,682$16,661
Median household income$71,536$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score8252

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17
Employees, 2023
43
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
911 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
176The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Odessa metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in the Odessa metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
173,801+5.0% since 2020
Households
64,563
Median age
32.0
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
898 sq. mi.
People per square mile
183
Median household income
$71,536+13.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,485
Median home value
$200,200
Jobs located here
73,944
Daytime population
162,861Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for real estate agents and brokers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Odessa, TX829114.1193+5.0%#3 of 387
2Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX6726617.8149+0.5%#51 of 387
3Midland, TX6716623.8129+9.8%#53 of 387
4Laredo, TX6615819.4132+5.2%#56 of 387
5McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX6053819.9123+5.6%#90 of 387
6Longview, TX5923822.0119+3.8%#95 of 387
7Sherman-Denison, TX5814526.2105+12.8%#108 of 387
8Victoria, TX579023.9111+1.6%#121 of 387
9Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX547,95029.999+10.3%#143 of 387
10Wichita Falls, TX5311620.4128+0.7%#150 of 387

Other business types in the Odessa metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Odessa, TX metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 91 real estate agents and brokers in the Odessa metro area. One of them (1%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.

How much do households in the Odessa, TX metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $957.7M a year, or $14,833 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 91 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 93% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate agents and brokers take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 64,563 households in the Odessa metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Odessa, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?

The Odessa metro area has 14.1 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 193, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Odessa metro area would have about 176, against 91 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,798 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.

How fast is the Odessa, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Odessa metro area at 173,801 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 64,563 households. Median household income in the Odessa metro area is $71,536, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 13.6%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Odessa metro area scores 82 for real estate agents and brokers (high), #3 of 387 scored metro areas.

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