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Ocean Shores, WA

7,302 Population
8.5 square miles 857.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

63.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 44.7 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1

Economics

$37,901 ±$4,875 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: $34,290 ±$1,451
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
$58,202 ±$6,380 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: $64,414 ±$2,530
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414

12.3% ±4.8% (888  ±348) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 15.3% † 11,352 (±1.8% / ±1,315)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)

26.3 minutes ±10.6 (40,535  ±19,366) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 24.3 634,870 (±1.1 / ±36,501)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)

Families

3,830 ±261 Number of households
  • the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 30,628 ±562
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
1.9 ±0.1 (7,294  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 2.4 74,261 (±0 / ±116)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923

8.1% ±7% (56  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 6.8% † 991 (±1.7% / ±255)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)

Housing

5,798 ±404 Number of housing units
  • the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 36,967 ±70
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517

$383,500 ±$27,541 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: $314,000 ±$10,068
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940

10.3% ±4.4% (746  ±319.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 11.9% † 9,107 (±1.4% / ±1,074.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)

Social

92.1% ±10.1% (6,050  ±683.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 89.7% 50,831 (±2.7% / ±1,550.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
23.4% ±5.2% (1,535  ±341.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 18.2% 10,281 (±1.2% / ±685.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)

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

7.4% ±4.1% (541  ±300) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 5.6% 4,294
  • about half the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843

17% ±4.2% (1,153  ±289) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 11% 6,769 (±0.8% / ±472)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
1,153 Total veterans ±289 1,080 Male ±282 73 Female ±55

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