Ocean Pines vs Snow Hill

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

Ocean Pines 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 Pines has the higher population (12,028 vs 2,545 in Snow Hill). Ocean Pines has the higher median household income ($91,400 vs $49,583 in Snow Hill). Ocean Pines has the higher median home value ($352,600 vs $194,300 in Snow Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean Pines	Snow Hill
Population	12,028	2,545
Median age	63.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$91,400	$49,583
Median home value	$352,600	$194,300
Median gross rent	$1,923	$1,034
Housing units	8,970	1,031
Homeownership rate	88.9%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean Pines	Snow Hill
Population	12,499 → 12,028 (-3.8%)	2,150 → 2,545 (+18.4%)
Median household income	$71,990 → $91,400 (+27.0%)	$39,516 → $49,583 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$278,600 → $352,600 (+26.6%)	$155,700 → $194,300 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,480 → $1,923 (+29.9%)	$865 → $1,034 (+19.5%)

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

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 Pines	Snow Hill
Under 5	3.1%	1.9%
5 to 17	9.5%	26.2%
18 to 24	3.0%	11.7%
25 to 34	7.5%	8.2%
35 to 44	6.7%	14.5%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	17.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	25.5%	8.6%
75 and over	18.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean Pines	Snow Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	60.9%
Black or African American	1.9%	31.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean Pines	Snow Hill
No high school diploma	4.4%	5.4%
High school graduate	25.2%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean Pines	Snow Hill
Drove alone	78.3%	70.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	17.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	15.3%	5.2%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean Pines	Snow Hill
1-unit, detached	85.3%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	9.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ocean Pines	Snow Hill
Poverty rate	4.5%	19.3%
Average household size	2.10	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1992	1970