Ocean City vs Valparaiso

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

Ocean City and Valparaiso 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 4,910 in Valparaiso). Valparaiso has the higher median household income ($81,938 vs $56,160 in Ocean City). Valparaiso has the higher median home value ($348,600 vs $325,600 in Ocean City).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean City	Valparaiso
Population	6,480	4,910
Median age	34.4 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,160	$81,938
Median home value	$325,600	$348,600
Median gross rent	$1,340	$1,254
Housing units	3,165	2,011
Homeownership rate	57.0%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean City	Valparaiso
Population	6,249 → 6,480 (+3.7%)	5,145 → 4,910 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$47,310 → $56,160 (+18.7%)	$57,316 → $81,938 (+43.0%)
Median home value	$174,800 → $325,600 (+86.3%)	$224,800 → $348,600 (+55.1%)
Median gross rent	$947 → $1,340 (+41.5%)	$1,159 → $1,254 (+8.2%)

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

Valparaiso

Population

5,1454,910

Median household income

$57,316$81,938

Median home value

$224,800$348,600

Median gross rent

$1,159$1,254

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocean City	Valparaiso
Under 5	5.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	20.8%
25 to 34	21.5%	23.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	7.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	7.0%
65 to 74	6.0%	8.2%
75 and over	5.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean City	Valparaiso
White (non-Hispanic)	63.0%	72.4%
Black or African American	6.3%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	2.4%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean City	Valparaiso
No high school diploma	13.0%	1.6%
High school graduate	21.2%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean City	Valparaiso
Drove alone	80.2%	71.3%
Carpooled	14.9%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean City	Valparaiso
1-unit, detached	64.8%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Ocean City	Valparaiso
Poverty rate	7.4%	4.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1976	1975