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Ocean City, MD

6,903 Population
4.4 square miles 1,559.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 50.7 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$72,487 ±$11,996 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
$77,750 ±$4,829 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: $81,745 ±$4,130
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.9% ±4.1% (745  ±282) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 9.9% † 5,266 (±1.4% / ±721)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.6 minutes ±2.2 (58,370  ±8,958) 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

3,828 ±221 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
1.8 ±0.1 (6,791  ±36) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 2.2 52,960 (±0.1 / ±37)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.7% ±7.9% (125  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 8.9% † 878 (±1.9% / ±184)
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

29,811 ±335 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

$429,000 ±$36,908 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 1.3 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.9% ±3.5% (938  ±236.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 10.6% † 5,638 (±1.6% / ±870.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95% ±6.9% (5,308  ±432) 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)
41.7% ±4.8% (2,332  ±284.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 35.3% 14,393 (±1.9% / ±775.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • about 20 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

10.1% ±2.4% (695  ±163) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 4.7% 2,525
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±2.7% (520  ±166) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 8.5% † 3,746 (±0.9% / ±389)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
520 Total veterans ±166 481 Male ±151 39 Female ±56

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