Long Neck vs Ocean View

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

Long Neck 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 2,372 in Long Neck). Ocean View has the higher median household income ($88,021 vs $55,508 in Long Neck). Ocean View has the higher median home value ($483,600 vs $174,000 in Long Neck).

Population, income & housing

	Long Neck	Ocean View
Population	2,372	2,760
Median age	65.2 yrs	64.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,508	$88,021
Median home value	$174,000	$483,600
Median gross rent	$872	$1,833
Housing units	2,435	2,601
Homeownership rate	86.6%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Neck	Ocean View
Population	2,487 → 2,372 (-4.6%)	2,272 → 2,760 (+21.5%)
Median household income	$58,702 → $55,508 (-5.4%)	$85,417 → $88,021 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$72,900 → $174,000 (+138.7%)	$346,400 → $483,600 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,365 → $872 (-36.1%)	$1,645 → $1,833 (+11.4%)

Long Neck

Population

2,4872,372

Median household income

$58,702$55,508

Median home value

$72,900$174,000

Median gross rent

$1,365$872

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)

	Long Neck	Ocean View
Under 5	0.5%	1.1%
5 to 17	6.4%	8.1%
18 to 24	3.1%	3.6%
25 to 34	7.5%	6.9%
35 to 44	5.5%	4.1%
45 to 54	2.9%	5.9%
55 to 64	23.4%	20.9%
65 to 74	33.9%	21.0%
75 and over	16.8%	28.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Neck	Ocean View
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	90.6%
Black or African American	3.8%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.3%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Neck	Ocean View
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.1%
High school graduate	42.4%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Neck	Ocean View
Drove alone	78.0%	72.2%
Carpooled	5.5%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	11.6%
Other means	1.5%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Neck	Ocean View
1-unit, detached	24.5%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	17.0%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	66.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Long Neck	Ocean View
Poverty rate	5.6%	10.5%
Average household size	1.65	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	2002	2005