Ocean Pines vs Pocomoke City

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

Ocean Pines and Pocomoke City 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 4,360 in Pocomoke City). Ocean Pines has the higher median household income ($91,400 vs $52,163 in Pocomoke City). Ocean Pines has the higher median home value ($352,600 vs $188,700 in Pocomoke City).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean Pines	Pocomoke City
Population	12,028	4,360
Median age	63.0 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,400	$52,163
Median home value	$352,600	$188,700
Median gross rent	$1,923	$822
Housing units	8,970	2,041
Homeownership rate	88.9%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean Pines	Pocomoke City
Population	12,499 → 12,028 (-3.8%)	4,075 → 4,360 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$71,990 → $91,400 (+27.0%)	$38,140 → $52,163 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$278,600 → $352,600 (+26.6%)	$132,100 → $188,700 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,480 → $1,923 (+29.9%)	$835 → $822 (-1.6%)

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

Pocomoke City

Population

4,0754,360

Median household income

$38,140$52,163

Median home value

$132,100$188,700

Median gross rent

$835$822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocean Pines	Pocomoke City
Under 5	3.1%	8.9%
5 to 17	9.5%	15.3%
18 to 24	3.0%	11.5%
25 to 34	7.5%	12.6%
35 to 44	6.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	17.4%	10.4%
65 to 74	25.5%	12.3%
75 and over	18.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean Pines	Pocomoke City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	47.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	43.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean Pines	Pocomoke City
No high school diploma	4.4%	9.0%
High school graduate	25.2%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean Pines	Pocomoke City
Drove alone	78.3%	72.1%
Carpooled	4.0%	18.4%
Public transit	0.5%	1.2%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	6.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean Pines	Pocomoke City
1-unit, detached	85.3%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	8.9%
20 or more units	1.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ocean Pines	Pocomoke City
Poverty rate	4.5%	10.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1992	1964