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Place dossier plate
SheetMD-OCEAN-PINES-MD · Ocean Pines, MD 12,028 pop · income 72nd pct · 18 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Ocean Pines
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Ocean Pines on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Portales · lowest
51,290
Portales · lowest
51,290 median HH income
23.1% of the leader · rank #1
Linden · near
91,378
Linden · near
91,378 median HH income
41.2% of the leader · rank #2
Shandon · near
91,389
Shandon · near
91,389 median HH income
41.2% of the leader · rank #3
Newberg · near
91,389
Newberg · near
91,389 median HH income
41.2% of the leader · rank #4
Green Hill · near
91,397
Green Hill · near
91,397 median HH income
41.2% of the leader · rank #5
Ocean Pines · this city
91,400
Ocean Pines · this city
91,400 median HH income
41.2% of the leader · rank #6
Wakefield · highest
221,793
Wakefield · highest
221,793 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Ocean Pines on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 12,028.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Ocean Pines - the verdict
Nationally, Ocean Pines sits in the 72nd percentile for household income and the 91st percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
72nd
percentile, household income
72nd
percentile, home value
84th
percentile, median rent
91st
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Ocean Pines, MD
Ocean Pines is a small town in Maryland, home to 12,028 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Ocean Pines brings in $91,400 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 2.0%. Typical homes in Ocean Pines are valued around $352,600, and the median resident age is 63.0 years. About 36.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 43.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Ocean Pines reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 359.7 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Maryland carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 105.0 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,657 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Maryland's average monthly utility costs around $255 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 60.2 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Ocean Pines's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to comparison shortlist to within-city variation to reported crime to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Ocean Pines, city-specific coverage includes within-city Census tract profiles, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, local building permits, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Ocean Pines?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Which cities make useful reference points for Ocean Pines?
Within Maryland, the closest population matches are Honeygo (12,022 residents, $144,156 income); Westphalia (12,020 residents, $158,055 income); Lanham (11,956 residents, $95,488 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Oak Grove, SC (12,031 residents); River Edge, NJ (12,024 residents); Wakefield, VA (12,024 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
What can 18 Census tracts reveal inside Ocean Pines?
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
PlainCities matches 18 Census tracts to this city.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Ocean Pines?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 359.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 84% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Ocean Pines?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 78.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.5%
Work from home
15.3%
Drive alone
78.3%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 4,515 workers age 16+.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Violent crime A
33 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate A
2.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B
$91,400
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B-
36.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
105.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Ocean Pines profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 88/100 (A) · 33 /100k
Poverty rate: 86/100 (A) · 2.0%
Household income: 71/100 (B) · $91,400
Bachelor's+ share: 69/100 (B-) · 36.5%
Cost of living: 21/100 (F) · 105.0 index
Where Ocean Pines sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Ocean Pines's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Ocean Pines highlighted among 23 peers.Read the chart values
Ocean Pines, MD (this city): home $352,600, crime 360/100k
River Edge, NJ : home $637,500, crime 785/100k
Portales, NM : home $132,900, crime 3,653/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does Ocean Pines compare to other US cities?
Ocean Pines measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income72% higher than other cities
Home value72% pricier than other cities
Median rent84% pricier than other cities
Safety91% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Maryland, Ocean Pines ranks #6 of 70 Maryland cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Ocean Pines against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Maryland only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Maryland-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Ocean Pines near the bottom of Maryland's cities
Among the 479 Maryland cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Ocean Pines ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Ocean Pines only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#262 of 445
41st percentile in Maryland
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 479
0th percentile in Maryland
Median Home Value
#231 of 450
49th percentile in Maryland
Poverty Rate
#313 of 479
34th percentile in Maryland
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#222 of 479
53rd percentile in Maryland
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Maryland only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
72nd percentile nationally for median household income · 91st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Ocean Pines's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Ocean Pines's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Ocean Pines's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$352,60028th percentilemore affordable than 28% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Ocean Pines's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,246 of 15,516
More affordable than 34% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,843 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.9×, Ocean Pines sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,246 of 15,516 and #1,843 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$91,400Ocean Pines, MD median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Ocean Pines, MD median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Ocean Pines, MD.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)36.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)43.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
12,028
Median Income
$91,400
Median Home Value
$352,600
Median Age
63.0
Poverty Rate
2.0%
Labor force participation
43.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
36.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
359.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
32.7
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
327.0
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
78.3%
Carpool
4.0%
Public Transit
0.5%
Walk
1.3%
Work from Home
15.3%
Other
0.6%
Based on 4,515 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Maryland statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $255
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Maryland at $255 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Maryland statewide averages, not a meter reading for Ocean Pines. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Maryland's BEA cost-of-living index is 105.0 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Ocean Pines is $1,657/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Maryland statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 60.2 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Maryland statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Ocean Pines sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Ocean Pines compares to similar-size Maryland cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.