Central Park vs Ocean Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Central Park and Ocean Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Central Park and Ocean Shores are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ocean Shores has the higher population (7,076 vs 3,203 in Central Park). Central Park has the higher median household income ($97,273 vs $62,750 in Ocean Shores). Ocean Shores has the higher median home value ($378,000 vs $313,300 in Central Park).

Population, income & housing

	Central Park	Ocean Shores
Population	3,203	7,076
Median age	45.3 yrs	64.0 yrs
Median household income	$97,273	$62,750
Median home value	$313,300	$378,000
Median gross rent	$1,108	$1,177
Housing units	1,320	5,691
Homeownership rate	84.4%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central Park	Ocean Shores
Population	3,205 → 3,203 (-0.1%)	5,975 → 7,076 (+18.4%)
Median household income	$77,522 → $97,273 (+25.5%)	$46,144 → $62,750 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$222,000 → $313,300 (+41.1%)	$233,300 → $378,000 (+62.0%)
Median gross rent	$814 → $1,108 (+36.1%)	$987 → $1,177 (+19.3%)

Central Park

Population

3,2053,203

Median household income

$77,522$97,273

Median home value

$222,000$313,300

Median gross rent

$814$1,108

Ocean Shores

Population

5,9757,076

Median household income

$46,144$62,750

Median home value

$233,300$378,000

Median gross rent

$987$1,177

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central Park	Ocean Shores
Under 5	4.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	1.7%
18 to 24	10.3%	3.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	6.1%
35 to 44	8.0%	5.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	23.0%	22.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	31.6%
75 and over	6.4%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central Park	Ocean Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	2.9%
Asian	0.9%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central Park	Ocean Shores
No high school diploma	6.3%	7.0%
High school graduate	31.6%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central Park	Ocean Shores
Drove alone	86.3%	58.3%
Carpooled	2.6%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	9.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.6%
Worked from home	9.3%	17.0%
Other means	0.5%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central Park	Ocean Shores
1-unit, detached	87.5%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Central Park	Ocean Shores
Poverty rate	6.1%	11.8%
Average household size	2.67	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1966	1995