Bridgeville vs Ocean View

A side-by-side comparison of Bridgeville and Ocean View: population, income, housing, and more.

Bridgeville and Ocean View are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ocean View has the higher population (2,760 vs 2,661 in Bridgeville). Ocean View has the higher median household income ($88,021 vs $69,631 in Bridgeville). Ocean View has the higher median home value ($483,600 vs $397,400 in Bridgeville).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeville	Ocean View
Population	2,661	2,760
Median age	63.2 yrs	64.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,631	$88,021
Median home value	$397,400	$483,600
Median gross rent	$942	$1,833
Housing units	1,315	2,601
Homeownership rate	73.1%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeville	Ocean View
Population	3,137 → 2,661 (-15.2%)	2,272 → 2,760 (+21.5%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $69,631 (+39.3%)	$85,417 → $88,021 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$276,500 → $397,400 (+43.7%)	$346,400 → $483,600 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $942 (+52.4%)	$1,645 → $1,833 (+11.4%)

Bridgeville

Population

3,1372,661

Median household income

$50,000$69,631

Median home value

$276,500$397,400

Median gross rent

$618$942

Ocean View

Population

2,2722,760

Median household income

$85,417$88,021

Median home value

$346,400$483,600

Median gross rent

$1,645$1,833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeville	Ocean View
Under 5	7.8%	1.1%
5 to 17	7.8%	8.1%
18 to 24	4.4%	3.6%
25 to 34	5.3%	6.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	4.1%
45 to 54	5.4%	5.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	20.9%
65 to 74	34.7%	21.0%
75 and over	12.7%	28.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeville	Ocean View
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	90.6%
Black or African American	22.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeville	Ocean View
No high school diploma	12.4%	1.1%
High school graduate	23.0%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeville	Ocean View
Drove alone	73.5%	72.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	9.9%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	11.6%
Other means	0.8%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeville	Ocean View
1-unit, detached	73.7%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	17.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.2%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeville	Ocean View
Poverty rate	12.9%	10.5%
Average household size	2.13	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	2005	2005