Get a local business phone number in Odem, TX

Area codes in Odem

Odem, in San Patricio County, Texas, had a Census-estimated population of 2,292 in July 2024. All 3 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 361. Odem is in the Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 361 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Odem exchanges by carrier

3 carriers hold the 3 exchanges assigned to Odem's rate center. Frontier Southwest INC d/b/a Frontier Comm of Texas has the most, with 1. 3 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. The table counts codes by the operating company NANPA assigned them to, not by who serves each number today.

Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Odem

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Odem. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 1 of the 3 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Odem's exchanges were assigned

The table groups Odem's exchanges by the decade NANPA recorded them as assigned.

How local numbers work in Odem

Phone numbers are tied to a rate center, the local calling area used to decide whether a call is local or toll. Odem's numbers are rated to the ODEM rate center in NANPA's records. A business number from one of the prefixes above shows up on customers' phones as a Odem number.

Keeping an existing Odem number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 361 when you pick it.

Who does business near Odem

Odem is part of the Corpus Christi, TX metro area, home to 450,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 9,852 business establishments in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area in 2023, employing 156,741 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (1,297), health care and social assistance (1,296), and accommodation and food services (1,272).

Business phone service in Odem

Callata is a business phone system priced at $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user. Callata Office includes up to 3 local business numbers, unlimited inbound calling, 1,500 pooled outbound US and Canada minutes per user each month, a browser softphone that can also ring your cell, voicemail with transcription, call recording with AI summaries, business-hours routing and E911 on every number.

Porting a number you already use in Odem is free, and business texting is available once the carrier registration (10DLC) is approved; the registration carries a one-time $49 fee. Which specific numbers are open in a given area code depends on carrier inventory at the time you sign up.

AI agents are optional: an AI receptionist or scheduler can pick up when the team is busy or closed, take a message, send a text or email, or transfer the call. They draw on prepaid AI minutes ($0.25/minute), disclose that they are AI, and outbound AI calls require prior consent and are limited to 8am–9pm.

The comparison below uses 16 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $399.20 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $480.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. Callata comes to $319.00 a month for 16 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.