Home values, rents and more in Ocean City, MD
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Ocean City compares
The typical home in Ocean City, MD is worth about $445,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Ocean City are 5% above the typical value in the Ocean Pines metro area ($423,000) and 21% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Ocean City fell 0.5%, compared with −0.7% in the Ocean Pines metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,658 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 14% below the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $77,750, against $81,745 in the Ocean Pines metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 6,903 people live in Ocean City (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Ocean City has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 9 cities in the Ocean Pines metro area and the 110th-highest of 278 in Maryland with Zillow figures.
Part of: Worcester County, MD · Ocean Pines metro area · Maryland
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.