North Wildwood vs Ocean City

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

North Wildwood and Ocean City are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ocean City has the higher population (11,260 vs 3,620 in North Wildwood). Ocean City has the higher median household income ($101,782 vs $85,812 in North Wildwood). Ocean City has the higher median home value ($719,100 vs $446,400 in North Wildwood).

Population, income & housing

	North Wildwood	Ocean City
Population	3,620	11,260
Median age	63.0 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$85,812	$101,782
Median home value	$446,400	$719,100
Median gross rent	$1,228	$1,670
Housing units	8,427	20,905
Homeownership rate	77.2%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	54.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Wildwood	Ocean City
Population	3,812 → 3,620 (-5.0%)	11,132 → 11,260 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$50,422 → $85,812 (+70.2%)	$81,076 → $101,782 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$354,000 → $446,400 (+26.1%)	$574,100 → $719,100 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$991 → $1,228 (+23.9%)	$1,264 → $1,670 (+32.1%)

North Wildwood

Population

3,8123,620

Median household income

$50,422$85,812

Median home value

$354,000$446,400

Median gross rent

$991$1,228

Ocean City

Population

11,13211,260

Median household income

$81,076$101,782

Median home value

$574,100$719,100

Median gross rent

$1,264$1,670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Wildwood	Ocean City
Under 5	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	6.9%	13.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	6.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	3.8%	7.4%
45 to 54	7.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	22.5%	18.4%
65 to 74	29.8%	18.8%
75 and over	15.9%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Wildwood	Ocean City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Wildwood	Ocean City
No high school diploma	4.9%	3.4%
High school graduate	42.3%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Wildwood	Ocean City
Drove alone	75.9%	61.0%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.4%
Public transit	1.6%	0.2%
Walked	3.4%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	2.7%
Worked from home	7.9%	15.9%
Other means	1.7%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Wildwood	Ocean City
1-unit, detached	32.2%	30.0%
1-unit, attached	41.7%	40.4%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	5.1%
20 or more units	8.5%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	North Wildwood	Ocean City
Poverty rate	9.9%	7.9%
Average household size	1.90	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	38	27
Median year structure built	1972	1983