Ocean City vs Wildwood

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

Ocean City and Wildwood 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 5,140 in Wildwood). Ocean City has the higher median household income ($101,782 vs $51,996 in Wildwood). Ocean City has the higher median home value ($719,100 vs $361,200 in Wildwood).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean City	Wildwood
Population	11,260	5,140
Median age	57.3 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$101,782	$51,996
Median home value	$719,100	$361,200
Median gross rent	$1,670	$1,255
Housing units	20,905	6,619
Homeownership rate	72.4%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.7%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean City	Wildwood
Population	11,132 → 11,260 (+1.1%)	5,042 → 5,140 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$81,076 → $101,782 (+25.5%)	$41,888 → $51,996 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$574,100 → $719,100 (+25.3%)	$237,300 → $361,200 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,264 → $1,670 (+32.1%)	$1,096 → $1,255 (+14.5%)

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

Wildwood

Population

5,0425,140

Median household income

$41,888$51,996

Median home value

$237,300$361,200

Median gross rent

$1,096$1,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocean City	Wildwood
Under 5	1.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	13.3%	12.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	7.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	7.4%	9.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.9%
55 to 64	18.4%	21.2%
65 to 74	18.8%	11.2%
75 and over	15.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean City	Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	57.8%
Black or African American	2.2%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	31.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean City	Wildwood
No high school diploma	3.4%	11.2%
High school graduate	21.8%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean City	Wildwood
Drove alone	61.0%	50.9%
Carpooled	7.4%	9.0%
Public transit	0.2%	2.1%
Walked	8.3%	23.4%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.9%	8.0%
Other means	4.5%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean City	Wildwood
1-unit, detached	30.0%	22.3%
1-unit, attached	40.4%	32.2%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	25.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	13.1%
20 or more units	6.2%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ocean City	Wildwood
Poverty rate	7.9%	18.1%
Average household size	1.99	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1983	1971