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West Ocean City, MD

5,124 Population
4.2 square miles 1,223.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.3 ±5.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 50.7 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$71,287 ±$16,363 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: $51,620 ±$3,020
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
$93,776 ±$14,211 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: $81,455 ±$4,456
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518

8.8% ±4.5% (448  ±236) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 8.1% † 4,263 (±1.2% / ±622)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)

18.8 minutes ±2.4 (45,165  ±8,203) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 22.7 490,475 (±0.8 / ±23,980)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

2,235 ±256 Number of households
  • the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 23,827 ±590
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
2.3 ±0.4 (5,117  ±572) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 2.2 52,564 (±0.1 / ±21)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148

4.3% ±3.7% (39  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 6.2% † 608 (±2% / ±196)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)

Housing

3,144 ±285 Number of housing units
  • the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 56,585 ±31
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484

$418,700 ±$43,854 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: $348,100 ±$12,766
  • a little higher than the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433

8.2% ±3.6% (416  ±186.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 10.7% † 5,621 (±1.6% / ±819.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)

Social

95.6% ±3.7% (3,696  ±441.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 93.7% 37,962 (±3.3% / ±1,342.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
35.1% ±5.4% (1,357  ±259.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 32.7% 13,238 (±2% / ±829.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 42.7% 1,826,045 (±0.3% / ±10,531.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5% ±3.3% (255  ±171) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 5.1% 2,707
  • about one-third of the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839

8.5% ±3.7% (352  ±158) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 9.9% † 4,328 (±1% / ±443)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
352 Total veterans ±158 345 Male ±160 7 Female ±13

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