Ocean City vs Villas

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

Ocean City and Villas 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 9,897 in Villas). Ocean City has the higher median household income ($101,782 vs $74,203 in Villas). Ocean City has the higher median home value ($719,100 vs $290,000 in Villas).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean City	Villas
Population	11,260	9,897
Median age	57.3 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$101,782	$74,203
Median home value	$719,100	$290,000
Median gross rent	$1,670	$1,418
Housing units	20,905	6,392
Homeownership rate	72.4%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.7%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean City	Villas
Population	11,132 → 11,260 (+1.1%)	8,769 → 9,897 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$81,076 → $101,782 (+25.5%)	$55,273 → $74,203 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$574,100 → $719,100 (+25.3%)	$192,600 → $290,000 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,264 → $1,670 (+32.1%)	$1,176 → $1,418 (+20.6%)

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

Villas

Population

8,7699,897

Median household income

$55,273$74,203

Median home value

$192,600$290,000

Median gross rent

$1,176$1,418

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocean City	Villas
Under 5	1.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	14.1%
35 to 44	7.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.6%
55 to 64	18.4%	17.5%
65 to 74	18.8%	14.1%
75 and over	15.4%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean City	Villas
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	90.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean City	Villas
No high school diploma	3.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	21.8%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean City	Villas
Drove alone	61.0%	76.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	13.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	8.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	4.4%
Other means	4.5%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean City	Villas
1-unit, detached	30.0%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	40.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	1.6%
20 or more units	6.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ocean City	Villas
Poverty rate	7.9%	16.8%
Average household size	1.99	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1983	1968