Ocean View vs Selbyville

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

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

Selbyville has the higher population (3,005 vs 2,760 in Ocean View). Ocean View has the higher median household income ($88,021 vs $81,845 in Selbyville). Ocean View has the higher median home value ($483,600 vs $410,700 in Selbyville).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean View	Selbyville
Population	2,760	3,005
Median age	64.5 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,021	$81,845
Median home value	$483,600	$410,700
Median gross rent	$1,833	$988
Housing units	2,601	1,380
Homeownership rate	92.9%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.0%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean View	Selbyville
Population	2,272 → 2,760 (+21.5%)	2,444 → 3,005 (+23.0%)
Median household income	$85,417 → $88,021 (+3.0%)	$61,500 → $81,845 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$346,400 → $483,600 (+39.6%)	$285,100 → $410,700 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,645 → $1,833 (+11.4%)	$883 → $988 (+11.9%)

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

Selbyville

Population

2,4443,005

Median household income

$61,500$81,845

Median home value

$285,100$410,700

Median gross rent

$883$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocean View	Selbyville
Under 5	1.1%	1.8%
5 to 17	8.1%	13.1%
18 to 24	3.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	6.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	4.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	5.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	20.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	21.0%	21.6%
75 and over	28.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean View	Selbyville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	72.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean View	Selbyville
No high school diploma	1.1%	11.6%
High school graduate	24.2%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean View	Selbyville
Drove alone	72.2%	83.9%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	3.8%
Other means	5.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean View	Selbyville
1-unit, detached	80.2%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	17.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Ocean View	Selbyville
Poverty rate	10.5%	3.8%
Average household size	2.12	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	2005	2005