Hurlburt Field vs Ocean City

A side-by-side comparison of Hurlburt Field and Ocean City: population, income, housing, and more.

Hurlburt Field and Ocean City are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ocean City has the higher population (6,480 vs 2,867 in Hurlburt Field). Ocean City has the higher median household income ($56,160 vs $46,683 in Hurlburt Field). Since 2019, Hurlburt Field's population has grown faster (+15.7% vs +3.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Hurlburt Field	Ocean City
Population	2,867	6,480
Median age	23.7 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,683	$56,160
Median home value	—	$325,600
Median gross rent	$2,008	$1,340
Housing units	828	3,165
Homeownership rate	0.0%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hurlburt Field	Ocean City
Population	2,478 → 2,867 (+15.7%)	6,249 → 6,480 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$37,043 → $46,683 (+26.0%)	$47,310 → $56,160 (+18.7%)
Median home value	—	$174,800 → $325,600 (+86.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,448 → $2,008 (+38.7%)	$947 → $1,340 (+41.5%)

Hurlburt Field

Population

2,4782,867

Median household income

$37,043$46,683

Median gross rent

$1,448$2,008

Ocean City

Population

6,2496,480

Median household income

$47,310$56,160

Median home value

$174,800$325,600

Median gross rent

$947$1,340

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hurlburt Field	Ocean City
Under 5	18.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	24.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	34.9%	21.5%
35 to 44	6.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	2.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.0%
75 and over	0.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hurlburt Field	Ocean City
White (non-Hispanic)	64.2%	63.0%
Black or African American	6.4%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.3%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	25.5%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hurlburt Field	Ocean City
No high school diploma	5.5%	13.0%
High school graduate	14.3%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	37.2%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hurlburt Field	Ocean City
Drove alone	66.7%	80.2%
Carpooled	12.1%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.2%	4.2%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hurlburt Field	Ocean City
1-unit, detached	4.1%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	89.3%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Hurlburt Field	Ocean City
Poverty rate	4.5%	7.4%
Average household size	3.32	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	14	26
Median year structure built	2013	1976