Ocean City vs Snow Hill

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

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

Ocean City has the higher population (6,887 vs 2,545 in Snow Hill). Ocean City has the higher median household income ($69,675 vs $49,583 in Snow Hill). Ocean City has the higher median home value ($373,700 vs $194,300 in Snow Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean City	Snow Hill
Population	6,887	2,545
Median age	56.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,675	$49,583
Median home value	$373,700	$194,300
Median gross rent	$1,187	$1,034
Housing units	29,834	1,031
Homeownership rate	73.4%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean City	Snow Hill
Population	6,972 → 6,887 (-1.2%)	2,150 → 2,545 (+18.4%)
Median household income	$54,014 → $69,675 (+29.0%)	$39,516 → $49,583 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$298,500 → $373,700 (+25.2%)	$155,700 → $194,300 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,040 → $1,187 (+14.1%)	$865 → $1,034 (+19.5%)

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

Snow Hill

Population

2,1502,545

Median household income

$39,516$49,583

Median home value

$155,700$194,300

Median gross rent

$865$1,034

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocean City	Snow Hill
Under 5	5.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	4.6%	26.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	11.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	6.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	19.1%	10.5%
65 to 74	21.1%	8.6%
75 and over	11.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean City	Snow Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	60.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	31.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean City	Snow Hill
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	25.4%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean City	Snow Hill
Drove alone	66.9%	70.0%
Carpooled	3.2%	17.9%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	5.2%
Bicycle	4.7%	0.5%
Worked from home	16.9%	5.2%
Other means	2.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean City	Snow Hill
1-unit, detached	10.5%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	21.7%	9.0%
20 or more units	46.5%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ocean City	Snow Hill
Poverty rate	9.1%	19.3%
Average household size	1.76	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1982	1970