Delmar vs Ocean View

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

Delmar 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 2,386 in Delmar). Ocean View has the higher median household income ($88,021 vs $61,344 in Delmar). Ocean View has the higher median home value ($483,600 vs $222,700 in Delmar).

Population, income & housing

	Delmar	Ocean View
Population	2,386	2,760
Median age	34.7 yrs	64.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,344	$88,021
Median home value	$222,700	$483,600
Median gross rent	$875	$1,833
Housing units	908	2,601
Homeownership rate	65.4%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delmar	Ocean View
Population	1,808 → 2,386 (+32.0%)	2,272 → 2,760 (+21.5%)
Median household income	$40,398 → $61,344 (+51.8%)	$85,417 → $88,021 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$148,100 → $222,700 (+50.4%)	$346,400 → $483,600 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $875 (+13.0%)	$1,645 → $1,833 (+11.4%)

Delmar

Population

1,8082,386

Median household income

$40,398$61,344

Median home value

$148,100$222,700

Median gross rent

$774$875

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)

	Delmar	Ocean View
Under 5	8.3%	1.1%
5 to 17	18.9%	8.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	3.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	6.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	4.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	5.9%
55 to 64	7.1%	20.9%
65 to 74	9.8%	21.0%
75 and over	9.3%	28.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delmar	Ocean View
White (non-Hispanic)	59.3%	90.6%
Black or African American	25.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delmar	Ocean View
No high school diploma	11.0%	1.1%
High school graduate	37.9%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delmar	Ocean View
Drove alone	81.7%	72.2%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delmar	Ocean View
1-unit, detached	54.3%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	17.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	0.2%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delmar	Ocean View
Poverty rate	12.7%	10.5%
Average household size	2.71	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1992	2005