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Ocean City, NJ

11,261 Population
6.8 square miles 1,667.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.1 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 44.5 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$71,999 ±$6,186 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: $45,232 ±$924
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$101,782 ±$11,565 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: $82,105 ±$1,955
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

9.9% ±3.3% (1,105  ±373) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 12% 43,803 (±0.8% / ±3,000)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

27.3 minutes ±2.5 (112,035  ±14,961) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 24.4 3,758,705 (±0.5 / ±100,982)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

5,689 ±252 Number of households
  • the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 154,441 ±1,181
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2 ±0.1 (11,203  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 2.4 363,547 (±0 / ±194)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

3% ±2.2% (56  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 5.4% † 4,106 (±0.8% / ±571)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

21,191 ±396 Number of housing units
  • the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 231,798 ±129
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$840,500 ±$49,163 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: $331,700 ±$5,088
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

12% ±3.5% (1,346  ±388.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 10.1% 37,232 (±0.7% / ±2,730.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

97.5% ±4.6% (8,612  ±530.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 90.8% 242,596 (±1.4% / ±3,738.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
56.8% ±3.8% (5,011  ±390.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 33.8% 90,348 (±0.8% / ±2,143.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

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

7.5% ±3.3% (842  ±367) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 13% 48,249
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

6.4% ±1.6% (613  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 5.9% 17,351 (±0.3% / ±947)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
613 Total veterans ±152 587 Male ±150 26 Female ±30

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