Which ZIP code in Ector County has the lowest median age?

79761 (Odessa), at 30.2 (±1.8), among 7 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

Youngest ZIP codes in Ector County, TX

These are the 7 ZIP codes in Ector County with the lowest median age, out of 7 with at least 1,000 residents. 79761 (Odessa, 30.2), 79765 (Odessa, 30.5) and 79766 (Odessa, 31.2) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Ector County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Youngest ZIP codes in Ector County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	79761	Odessa	30.2 ±1.8	30,164	12,755	12,053
2	79765	Odessa	30.5 ±1.2	25,904	10,283	14,566
3	79766	Odessa	31.2 ±4.7	11,041	3,541	3,832
4	79762	Odessa	31.5 ±1.6	39,927	16,262	18,261
5	79764	Odessa	32.7 ±2.2	27,013	10,037	10,310
6	79763	Odessa	33.2 ±2.2	35,174	13,679	14,902
7	79758	Gardendale	35.2 ±11.3	2,016	783	1,152

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 7 of 11 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Younger ZIP codes skew toward renters, students and young families: fitness, quick-service food, apartments, entertainment and first-time-buyer offers.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 52,878 households, on 78 carrier routes with 59,022 residential mailboxes. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Ector County has the lowest median age?: 79761 (Odessa), at 30.2 (±1.8), among 7 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024).
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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