Ocean City vs Ocean Pines

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

Ocean City 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 6,887 in Ocean City). Ocean Pines has the higher median household income ($91,400 vs $69,675 in Ocean City). Ocean City has the higher median home value ($373,700 vs $352,600 in Ocean Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean City	Ocean Pines
Population	6,887	12,028
Median age	56.0 yrs	63.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,675	$91,400
Median home value	$373,700	$352,600
Median gross rent	$1,187	$1,923
Housing units	29,834	8,970
Homeownership rate	73.4%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean City	Ocean Pines
Population	6,972 → 6,887 (-1.2%)	12,499 → 12,028 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$54,014 → $69,675 (+29.0%)	$71,990 → $91,400 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$298,500 → $373,700 (+25.2%)	$278,600 → $352,600 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,040 → $1,187 (+14.1%)	$1,480 → $1,923 (+29.9%)

Ocean City

Population

6,9726,887

Median household income

$54,014$69,675

Median home value

$298,500$373,700

Median gross rent

$1,040$1,187

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)

	Ocean City	Ocean Pines
Under 5	5.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	4.6%	9.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	3.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	7.5%
35 to 44	6.8%	6.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	8.5%
55 to 64	19.1%	17.4%
65 to 74	21.1%	25.5%
75 and over	11.9%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean City	Ocean Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean City	Ocean Pines
No high school diploma	5.0%	4.4%
High school graduate	25.4%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean City	Ocean Pines
Drove alone	66.9%	78.3%
Carpooled	3.2%	4.0%
Public transit	1.5%	0.5%
Walked	4.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	4.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	15.3%
Other means	2.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean City	Ocean Pines
1-unit, detached	10.5%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	21.7%	1.1%
20 or more units	46.5%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Ocean City	Ocean Pines
Poverty rate	9.1%	4.5%
Average household size	1.76	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1982	1992