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West Ocean City, MD

5,198 Population
4.2 square miles 1,240.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.5 ±4.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 50.7 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$71,916 ±$18,209 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: $53,274 ±$3,004
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$97,165 ±$19,806 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: $81,745 ±$4,130
  • a little less than the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.4% ±3% (333  ±161) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 9.9% † 5,266 (±1.4% / ±721)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.6 minutes ±2.2 (47,345  ±8,541) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 23.3 501,200 (±1.2 / ±32,766)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,225 ±263 Number of households
  • the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 24,136 ±541
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.4 (5,142  ±561) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 2.2 52,960 (±0.1 / ±37)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.7% ±5.3% (75  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 8.9% † 878 (±1.9% / ±184)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,085 ±310 Number of housing units
  • the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 56,867 ±96
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$423,700 ±$39,317 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: $374,700 ±$9,482
  • about the same as the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.2% ±2.8% (420  ±152.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 10.6% † 5,638 (±1.6% / ±870.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.4% ±5% (3,772  ±441.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 94% 38,348 (±3.3% / ±1,348)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
38.2% ±5.7% (1,512  ±274.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 35.3% 14,393 (±1.9% / ±775.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.5% ±2.8% (233  ±146) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 4.7% 2,525
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±3.9% (348  ±170) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 8.5% † 3,746 (±0.9% / ±389)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
348 Total veterans ±170 348 Male ±170 N/A Female ±19

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