Niceville vs Ocean City

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

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

Niceville has the higher population (16,043 vs 6,480 in Ocean City). Niceville has the higher median household income ($96,611 vs $56,160 in Ocean City). Niceville has the higher median home value ($381,700 vs $325,600 in Ocean City).

Population, income & housing

	Niceville	Ocean City
Population	16,043	6,480
Median age	39.2 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$96,611	$56,160
Median home value	$381,700	$325,600
Median gross rent	$1,579	$1,340
Housing units	6,476	3,165
Homeownership rate	72.4%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Niceville	Ocean City
Population	15,386 → 16,043 (+4.3%)	6,249 → 6,480 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$76,823 → $96,611 (+25.8%)	$47,310 → $56,160 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$238,800 → $381,700 (+59.8%)	$174,800 → $325,600 (+86.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,579 (+41.4%)	$947 → $1,340 (+41.5%)

Niceville

Population

15,38616,043

Median household income

$76,823$96,611

Median home value

$238,800$381,700

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,579

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)

	Niceville	Ocean City
Under 5	7.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	21.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	6.0%
75 and over	6.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Niceville	Ocean City
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	63.0%
Black or African American	5.6%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	3.4%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Niceville	Ocean City
No high school diploma	4.6%	13.0%
High school graduate	24.0%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Niceville	Ocean City
Drove alone	76.5%	80.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	14.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	8.9%	4.2%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Niceville	Ocean City
1-unit, detached	80.5%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	16.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Niceville	Ocean City
Poverty rate	8.7%	7.4%
Average household size	2.70	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1987	1976