Ocean City vs Porter

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

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

Porter has the higher population (130 vs 111 in Ocean City). Porter has the higher median home value ($327,800 vs $251,900 in Ocean City). Since 2019, Porter's population has grown faster (+6.6% vs -47.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean City	Porter
Population	111	130
Median age	53.6 yrs	59.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$105,859
Median home value	$251,900	$327,800
Housing units	193	98
Homeownership rate	100.0%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	29.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean City	Porter
Population	213 → 111 (-47.9%)	122 → 130 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$72,994 → $78,533 (+7.6%)	$53,056 → $105,859 (+99.5%)
Median home value	$186,500 → $251,900 (+35.1%)	$326,100 → $327,800 (+0.5%)

Ocean City

Population

213111

Median household income

$72,994$78,533

Median home value

$186,500$251,900

Porter

Population

122130

Median household income

$53,056$105,859

Median home value

$326,100$327,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocean City	Porter
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	34.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	37.8%	22.3%
55 to 64	15.3%	43.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	29.2%
75 and over	12.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean City	Porter
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	52.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean City	Porter
No high school diploma	0.0%	20.8%
High school graduate	61.6%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	13.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean City	Porter
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean City	Porter
1-unit, detached	100.0%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Ocean City	Porter
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.5%
Average household size	2.22	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	—	36
Median year structure built	1965	1966