Odessa is in the Tampa Bay region of Florida. It's population as recorded in the 2010 Census was 7,267. Odessa is approximately 17 miles from Tampa (population 335,709) and around 28 miles from Saint Petersburg (population 244,769).

The median age for residents of Odessa is 37.8. Around 40.9% of Odessa households include school aged children and 16.9% of households include individuals aged 65 years or over. Census records indicate 87.6% of the Odessa population are White, 4% are Black or African American, .4% American Indian, 4.1% Asian and 2.2% are Two or more Races.

There are 2,941 housing units in Odessa. 305 (10.3%) of these were reported as vacant in the 2010 Census. There are 583 residential rental units in Odessa. 507 of them were occupied in 2010 providing a residential rental vacancy rate of 12.7%.

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Hillsborough County

Hillsborough County is in the Tampa Bay region of Florida, along with Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Manatee, and Sarasota counties. Tampa, one of Florida's largest cities, is part of Hillsborough County. Over 1.2 million people live in Hillsborough County.

Hillsborough County has the 6th largest school district in the country, employing approximately 25,000 people. Other major public employers are MacDill Air Force Base, Hillsborough County Government, University of South Florida, and Hillsborough Community College. The largest private sector employers are JP Morgan Chase, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Citi, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, and Progressive Insurance. Target industries are applied medicine & human performance, high-tech electronics and instruments, business, financial & data services, and marine & environmental activities.

Busch Gardens, one of Florida's main theme parks, is in Tampa and attracts many tourists. Tourists also visit historic Tampa neighborhood of Ybor City, once a cigar factory district, now a National Historic Landmark. Many tourists also flow through the Port of Tampa, which handles about a million cruise passengers each year. Not just for tourists, the port is busiest in the state for cargo, with large quantities of phosphates and steel flowing through it.

Located just outside of Tampa is MacDill Air Force Base, the headquarters for U.S. Central Command and the Special Operations Command. When hurricanes threaten the Atlantic coast, ?hurricane hunter? planes takeoff from MacDill to fly into the storm and take measurements. MacDill employs more than 14,000 and has an estimated impact of $5 billion.

Tampa is ranked by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network as a Gamma+ class city. In 2014 it was ranked as the number two city in the nation for investing in rental properties by All Property Management.

Neighboring Properties

AddressTypeSq FtClass 
9001 Gunn Hy Single Family 1,831 B
8906 Swaine Rd Vacant Residential 0 L
8912 Swaine Rd Mobile Home 1,364 B
8421 Peterson Rd Single Family 1,296 B
8910 Gunn Hwy County Owned 0 L
8950 Gunn Hwy County Owned 0 L
15502 Lake Grace Dr Single Family 2,490 B
8905 Swaine Rd Single Family 2,448 B
8911 Swaine Rd Single Family 754 B
Gunn 7 Peterson Hy Vacant Commercial 0 L
9015 Gunn Hwy Vacant Residential 0 L
9007 Gunn Hy Vacant Residential 0 L
8915 Swaine Rd Single Family 1,143 B
8301 Peterson Rd Mobile Home 1,568 B
8501 Northton Groves Bv Single Family 3,702 B

Local Household Income

The median household income in this part of Florida is $70,427. The bottom 10% of the population earn less than $22,779 per year. The top 10% earn more than $184,529 per year. The top 1% earn more than $494,706 per year. Most renters earn between $31,992 (20th percentile) and $54,108 (80th percentile) per year. Someone earning the median household income in this area is likely to qualify for a mortgage between $140,854 and $176,068.

Source: US Census American Community Survey - 2008-2012 ACS 5-year PUMS estimates

Local Rents

The median monthly rent in this part of Florida is $922. Most renters earn between $2,666 and $4,509 per month. They typically spend 31% of their monthly income on rent. Most rents fall in the $720 (20th percentile) to $1,184 (80th percentile) range. The residential vacancy rate is 7%.

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