With 5,941 people, Ocean City is a city in Florida. People stay put here: 70% were in the same home a year ago. Density works out to 3,823 people per square mile. About 26% of adults have finished a four-year degree. That trails the Florida median by roughly 21%. 58% of homes are owner-occupied.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $59,039, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
26% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 102%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Ocean City
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree20.3% → 26.5%(+6.2 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$146,404 → $303,900(+108%)US over the same years: +67%
Hispanic share2.7% → 19.8%(+17.0 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Ocean City's population equals 2.7% of Okaloosa County's. Its number of households without a car equals 1.2% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.1% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)39.6%(236)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)31.4%(187)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era24.5%(146)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.5%(21)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 596 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Ocean City, decade by decade
Ocean City population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
5,422
$65,176
$146,404
20.3%
26.4
2000
5,594
$65,141
$150,104
20.8%
40.3
2010
5,550
$68,308
$252,901
19.5%
56.6
2020
6,314
$58,182
$240,711
25.3%
69.9
2024
5,941
$59,039
$303,900
26.5%
65.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
