West Ocean City

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West Ocean City

Total population

5,198

Median home value

$423,700

38.2%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$97,165

West Ocean City$97k

National$74k

Elevation2 m

Land area17.12 km²

Weather82°F · Partly Sunny

Coordinates38.35°, -75.11°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

West Ocean City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,375 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for West Ocean City, MD from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

J

John Rankin Franklin

American politician (1820-1878)

G

George Washington Covington

American politician (1838-1911)

Stephen Decatur

United States Navy officer

Charles Albert Tindley

American Methodist minister and gospel music composer (1851-1933)

L. Irving Handy

American politician (1861-1922)

T

Tal Skinner

American basketball player

Charles Heber Clark

American writer (1841-1915)

Charles Calhoun

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard

D

Dale R. Cathell

American judge

D

David H. Jarvis

United States Revenue Cutter Service officer (1862-1911)

J

John Chester

American filmmaker

Oliver Purnell

American basketball player-coach

C

Calvin B. Taylor

American private banker, lawyer, politician and teacher

M

Marcel Albert

German monk

H

Herbert Rikli

1880-1939 illustrator

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Maryland

• Ocean Pines
  3.3 mi away
• Berlin
  5.8 mi away
• Bishopville
  8.3 mi away
• Whaleyville
  10.5 mi away · pop. 198
• Powellville
  14.3 mi away
• Girdletree
  23.3 mi away
• Stockton
  25.3 mi away
• Fruitland
  28 mi away
• West Pocomoke
  30.7 mi away
• Pocomoke City
  31.3 mi away
• Allen
  31.8 mi away
• Princess Anne
  33.2 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about West Ocean City

Maryland

Leonard M. Adkins · 2013

Flood insurance study

United States. Federal Insurance Administration. · 1977

1990 census of population and housing

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1992

Reminiscences of travel at home and abroad

Amelia J. Lyle · 1907

History of the World's Fair

Benjamin Cummings Truman · 1893

A history of the Catholic church in the dioceses of Pittsburg and Allegheny

Lambing, Andrew Arnold · 1880

[Relief of Thomas Allen.]

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Printing

The Story of The Committee of 300

John Coleman · 2000

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