Odessa, Missouri

Odessa population, 2020 to 2024

Odessa added 80 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +44. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 65th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Odessa is 46% of it.

Odessa covers 4.10 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,388 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Odessa is close to the typical town.

What county Odessa is in

All of Odessa's residents live in Lafayette County, which had 33,511 residents in 2024. Odessa holds 17.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Odessa

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Odessa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64076. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Odessa is

The Census internal point of Odessa is at 38.999400, -93.966400. Jefferson City, the capital, is 100.9 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oak Grove, MO (9,129 people), 8.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Independence, MO, 21.6 miles away.

Daylight in Odessa

At 39.00° N, Odessa gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Odessa

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Oak Grove, 8.7 miles away, with 9,129 people.