With 2,555 residents spread over 97.9 km², Sainte-Ode has an average population age of 39. Men represent 50.3% of inhabitants, and 70% of residents are homeowners. Average net income per person is €15,894 per year. The nationality figures are 96.4% Belgian, 1% French, 0.5% Luxembourgish, 0.3% Romanian, 0.2% Russian, 0.2% Dutch, 0.2% Italian and 1.1% other. The municipality’s housing stock is mainly made up of houses rather than apartment buildings.
Apartment buildings account for 1.3% of dwellings in Sainte-Ode, while houses account for 98.7%. Across the building stock, 69.4% are open-type houses, farms or castles, 19.2% semi-closed houses, 4.7% closed houses, 4.4% other types, 1.2% buildings and flat blocks, and 1.1% commercial houses. The average home has 6.6 rooms or more, and the average construction year is 1937. There are currently 0 flats for sale, so no sale price range is listed for apartments in the commune.
Road connections include the N826, N829 and N848. A drive from the centre to the A26 / E25, on the Liège–Bastogne–Neufchâteau route, takes 9 minutes; reaching the A4 / E411 - E25 towards Brussels, Namur, Arlon and Luxembourg City takes 21 minutes. Sainte-Ode is served by 6 bus lines, including TEC lines 1, 4, 51, 53/1 and E78. The nearest listed railway stations are Bastenaken-Zuid / Bastogne-Sud, Bastenaken-Noord / Bastogne-Nord, Libramont, Poix-Saint-Hubert and Grupont. Families have 3 nurseries, 2 nursery schools and 2 primary schools in the commune, but no secondary school. One Delhaize is listed locally. There are no shared bicycles or shared cars, and no EV charging station is known in the municipality. Liège Airport is 65 minutes away by car and 187 minutes by public transport.