Berlin vs West Ocean City

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

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

Berlin has the higher population (5,161 vs 5,124 in West Ocean City). West Ocean City has the higher median household income ($93,776 vs $78,883 in Berlin). West Ocean City has the higher median home value ($418,700 vs $345,100 in Berlin).

Population, income & housing

	Berlin	West Ocean City
Population	5,161	5,124
Median age	39.9 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,883	$93,776
Median home value	$345,100	$418,700
Median gross rent	$1,079	$1,546
Housing units	2,007	3,144
Homeownership rate	54.6%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berlin	West Ocean City
Population	4,657 → 5,161 (+10.8%)	4,310 → 5,124 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$61,591 → $78,883 (+28.1%)	$68,519 → $93,776 (+36.9%)
Median home value	$252,700 → $345,100 (+36.6%)	$307,800 → $418,700 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$947 → $1,079 (+13.9%)	$1,245 → $1,546 (+24.2%)

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

West Ocean City

Population

4,3105,124

Median household income

$68,519$93,776

Median home value

$307,800$418,700

Median gross rent

$1,245$1,546

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berlin	West Ocean City
Under 5	4.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	23.2%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	21.4%
65 to 74	4.7%	11.6%
75 and over	13.7%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berlin	West Ocean City
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	87.0%
Black or African American	15.2%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berlin	West Ocean City
No high school diploma	8.2%	4.4%
High school graduate	30.3%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berlin	West Ocean City
Drove alone	78.3%	87.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	4.4%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	7.8%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berlin	West Ocean City
1-unit, detached	56.4%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	4.8%
20 or more units	11.2%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Berlin	West Ocean City
Poverty rate	8.8%	8.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1996	1996