Snow Hill vs West Ocean City

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

Snow Hill 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.

West Ocean City has the higher population (5,124 vs 2,545 in Snow Hill). West Ocean City has the higher median household income ($93,776 vs $49,583 in Snow Hill). West Ocean City has the higher median home value ($418,700 vs $194,300 in Snow Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Snow Hill	West Ocean City
Population	2,545	5,124
Median age	38.3 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,583	$93,776
Median home value	$194,300	$418,700
Median gross rent	$1,034	$1,546
Housing units	1,031	3,144
Homeownership rate	60.6%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Snow Hill	West Ocean City
Population	2,150 → 2,545 (+18.4%)	4,310 → 5,124 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$39,516 → $49,583 (+25.5%)	$68,519 → $93,776 (+36.9%)
Median home value	$155,700 → $194,300 (+24.8%)	$307,800 → $418,700 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $1,034 (+19.5%)	$1,245 → $1,546 (+24.2%)

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

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)

	Snow Hill	West Ocean City
Under 5	1.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	26.2%	14.6%
18 to 24	11.7%	5.0%
25 to 34	8.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.5%	21.4%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.6%
75 and over	7.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Snow Hill	West Ocean City
White (non-Hispanic)	60.9%	87.0%
Black or African American	31.6%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Snow Hill	West Ocean City
No high school diploma	5.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	45.4%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Snow Hill	West Ocean City
Drove alone	70.0%	87.1%
Carpooled	17.9%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Snow Hill	West Ocean City
1-unit, detached	82.5%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	4.6%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Snow Hill	West Ocean City
Poverty rate	19.3%	8.8%
Average household size	2.63	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1970	1996