Berlin vs Ocean Pines

A side-by-side comparison of Berlin and Ocean Pines: population, income, housing, and more.

Berlin and Ocean Pines are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ocean Pines has the higher population (12,028 vs 5,161 in Berlin). Ocean Pines has the higher median household income ($91,400 vs $78,883 in Berlin). Ocean Pines has the higher median home value ($352,600 vs $345,100 in Berlin).

Population, income & housing

	Berlin	Ocean Pines
Population	5,161	12,028
Median age	39.9 yrs	63.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,883	$91,400
Median home value	$345,100	$352,600
Median gross rent	$1,079	$1,923
Housing units	2,007	8,970
Homeownership rate	54.6%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berlin	Ocean Pines
Population	4,657 → 5,161 (+10.8%)	12,499 → 12,028 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$61,591 → $78,883 (+28.1%)	$71,990 → $91,400 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$252,700 → $345,100 (+36.6%)	$278,600 → $352,600 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$947 → $1,079 (+13.9%)	$1,480 → $1,923 (+29.9%)

Berlin

Population

4,6575,161

Median household income

$61,591$78,883

Median home value

$252,700$345,100

Median gross rent

$947$1,079

Ocean Pines

Population

12,49912,028

Median household income

$71,990$91,400

Median home value

$278,600$352,600

Median gross rent

$1,480$1,923

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berlin	Ocean Pines
Under 5	4.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	23.2%	9.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	3.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	7.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	6.7%
45 to 54	14.2%	8.5%
55 to 64	10.2%	17.4%
65 to 74	4.7%	25.5%
75 and over	13.7%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berlin	Ocean Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	88.9%
Black or African American	15.2%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berlin	Ocean Pines
No high school diploma	8.2%	4.4%
High school graduate	30.3%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berlin	Ocean Pines
Drove alone	78.3%	78.3%
Carpooled	7.1%	4.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.5%
Walked	4.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berlin	Ocean Pines
1-unit, detached	56.4%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	1.1%
20 or more units	11.2%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Berlin	Ocean Pines
Poverty rate	8.8%	4.5%
Average household size	2.65	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1996	1992