Ocean Pines vs West Ocean City

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

Ocean Pines 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.

Ocean Pines has the higher population (12,028 vs 5,124 in West Ocean City). West Ocean City has the higher median household income ($93,776 vs $91,400 in Ocean Pines). West Ocean City has the higher median home value ($418,700 vs $352,600 in Ocean Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean Pines	West Ocean City
Population	12,028	5,124
Median age	63.0 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$91,400	$93,776
Median home value	$352,600	$418,700
Median gross rent	$1,923	$1,546
Housing units	8,970	3,144
Homeownership rate	88.9%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean Pines	West Ocean City
Population	12,499 → 12,028 (-3.8%)	4,310 → 5,124 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$71,990 → $91,400 (+27.0%)	$68,519 → $93,776 (+36.9%)
Median home value	$278,600 → $352,600 (+26.6%)	$307,800 → $418,700 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,480 → $1,923 (+29.9%)	$1,245 → $1,546 (+24.2%)

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

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)

	Ocean Pines	West Ocean City
Under 5	3.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	9.5%	14.6%
18 to 24	3.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	7.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	6.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	8.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	17.4%	21.4%
65 to 74	25.5%	11.6%
75 and over	18.7%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean Pines	West Ocean City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	87.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean Pines	West Ocean City
No high school diploma	4.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	25.2%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean Pines	West Ocean City
Drove alone	78.3%	87.1%
Carpooled	4.0%	4.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	15.3%	5.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean Pines	West Ocean City
1-unit, detached	85.3%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	4.8%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Ocean Pines	West Ocean City
Poverty rate	4.5%	8.8%
Average household size	2.10	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1992	1996