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Ocean Pines, Maryland.

A community in Worcester County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Worcester County’s.

Living in Ocean Pines, Worcester County, Maryland

Ocean Pines, in Worcester County, had 12,145 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $91,824 a year and half less, against $81,745 across Worcester County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 90% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 10% are rented. Unemployment in Worcester County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 12,145 in the 2020 census; median age 62.4
Household income $91,824 the median, give or take $6,363 · Worcester County: $81,745
Unemployment 3.4% Worcester County, August 2026; 4.0% a year before
Homes 90% lived in by their owners; 10% rented
  • 5,836households
  • 40%of adults have a degree
  • 6%below the poverty line
  • 26 mintypical commute
  • 17%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care18%
  • Professional and business services16%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment16%
  • Building trades13%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Banks, insurance and property9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Worcester County had 26,246 jobs in 2025, 0.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 45° and 28°; warmest in July, 84° and 68° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 45° 28° F M A M J J 84° 68° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 45° and 28°; warmest in July, 84° and 68° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 45° 28° F M A M J J 84° 68° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 45° and lows near 28°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 68°. About 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Ocean City Municipal Airport weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Worcester County

  1. Worcester County Public SchoolsSchool district1,254FTE
  2. Atlantic General HospitalGeneral hospital758FTE
  3. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters433
  4. Sysco Eastern MarylandGroceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers337
  5. Worcester County GovernmentCounty commissioners298
  6. Ocean DownsRacetracks284
  7. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters258
  8. Bay Shore DevelopmentAmusement parks161

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 51 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,941 people in all across the county; Ocean Pines has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Coastal floodingrelatively high in parts of Ocean PinesRelatively moderate
  2. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  3. Winter weatherrelatively high in parts of Ocean PinesRelatively moderate
  4. Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of Ocean PinesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Ocean Pines’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Worcester County.