† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupOcean Pines, MDMarylandUnited States
German17.2%11.4%12.5%
English15.5%8.5%9.5%
Irish14.4%9.3%9.4%
Italian8.2%4.4%4.8%
American5.2%4.1%5.3%
Polish3.7%2.6%2.2%
Scottish1.9%1.1%1.3%
French1.7%1.1%1.6%
African American†11.2%23.6%9.9%
African0.4%1.2%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%1.1%0.2%
Mexican1.2%2.0%11.3%
Salvadoran0.7%3.5%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.4%1.2%1.8%
Cuban0.4%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%1.2%0.5%
Spanish0.3%——
Asian Indian0.3%1.7%1.4%
Chinese0.2%1.3%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.9%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%0.4%0.6%
Korean0.2%0.8%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Ocean Pines, MD
Maryland
United States
Median age
50.7
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
7.0%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
28.7%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ocean Pines, MD
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$81,745
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.9%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.3%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ocean Pines, MD
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.3%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.4%
9.6%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.4%
2.5%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ocean Pines, MD
Maryland
United States
Catholic
25.2%
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
18.1%
11.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
36.1%
56.6%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
14.2%
6.6%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Ocean Pines, MD
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+16.2%
1896
+5.0%
1900
No data
1904
No data
1908
No data
1912
+88.1%
1916
+16.1%
1920
+8.6%
1924
+22.7%
1928
−30.8%
1932
+24.4%
1936
+6.9%
1940
+3.8%
1944
−7.2%
1948
−7.9%
1952
−26.6%
1956
−26.9%
1960
−8.6%
1964
+11.1%
1968
−20.0%
1972
−51.1%
1976
−6.5%
1980
−11.4%
1984
−36.9%
1988
−27.5%
1992
−7.2%
1996
−0.2%
2000
−6.5%
2004
−22.6%
2008
−15.5%
2012
−18.0%
2016
−26.7%
2020
−19.0%
2024
−21.9%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
37.8%Harris12,431
59.7%Trump19,632
1.0%Kennedy342 +6
R+21.9
R+2.9
R+20.4
32,881
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican59.7%19,632
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic37.8%12,431
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.0%342
Jill Ellen SteinIndependent0.6%184
OtherAll other candidates0.4%147
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%139
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%3
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%2
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%1
R
39.6%Biden12,560
58.6%Trump18,571
1.8%
R+19.0
D+7.7
R+23.4
31,691
R
34.9%Clinton9,753
61.6%Trump17,210
3.5%
R+26.7
R+8.7
R+28.8
27,947
R
40.2%Obama11,014
58.2%Romney15,951
1.7%
R+18.0
R+2.5
R+21.9
27,420
R
41.6%Obama11,374
57.1%McCain15,607
1.3%
R+15.5
D+7.1
R+22.8
27,346
R
38.2%Kerry9,648
60.8%Bush15,349
0.9%
R+22.6
R+16.1
R+20.1
25,229
R
45.2%Gore9,389
51.8%Bush10,742
3.0%
R+6.5
R+6.3
R+7.0
20,753
R
44.8%Clinton7,587
45.0%Dole7,621
10.2%
R+0.2
D+7.0
R+8.7
16,931
R
36.5%Clinton6,040
43.7%Bush7,237
19.8%
R+7.2
D+20.2
R+12.8
16,559
R
36.1%Dukakis4,787
63.6%Bush8,430
0.3%
R+27.5
D+9.5
R+19.7
13,262
R
31.4%Mondale3,770
68.3%Reagan8,208
0.3%
R+36.9
R+25.5
R+18.7
12,014
R
41.0%Carter4,195
52.4%Reagan5,362
6.6%
R+11.4
R+4.9
R+1.7
10,236
R
46.7%Carter4,076
53.3%Ford4,647
0.0%
R+6.5
D+44.5
R+8.6
8,723
R
24.1%McGovern1,792
75.2%Nixon5,584
0.6%
R+51.1
R+31.0
R+27.9
7,424
R
27.4%Humphrey2,046
47.5%Nixon3,541
25.1%
R+20.0
R+31.1
R+19.3
7,458
D
55.5%Johnson3,713
44.5%Goldwater2,973
0.0%
D+11.1
D+19.7
R+11.5
6,686
R
45.7%Kennedy3,347
54.3%Nixon3,976
0.0%
R+8.6
D+18.3
R+8.8
7,323
R
36.5%Stevenson2,570
63.5%Eisenhower4,465
0.0%
R+26.9
R+0.3
R+11.5
7,035
R
36.5%Stevenson2,708
63.1%Eisenhower4,681
0.4%
R+26.6
R+18.8
R+15.9
7,415
R
45.7%Truman2,281
53.5%Dewey2,673
0.8%
R+7.9
R+0.7
R+12.3
4,993
R
46.4%Roosevelt2,613
53.6%Dewey3,018
0.0%
R+7.2
R+11.0
R+14.7
5,631
D
51.3%Roosevelt3,388
47.5%Willkie3,135
1.3%
D+3.8
R+3.1
R+6.1
6,606
D
53.3%Roosevelt3,567
46.4%Landon3,106
0.4%
D+6.9
R+17.5
R+17.4
6,698
D
61.9%Roosevelt3,593
37.5%Hoover2,178
0.5%
D+24.4
D+55.2
D+6.6
5,802
R
34.5%Smith2,116
65.3%Hoover4,005
0.2%
R+30.8
R+53.5
R+13.3
6,134
D
61.0%Davis5,964
38.3%Coolidge3,744
0.7%
D+22.7
D+14.1
D+47.9
9,778
D
53.7%Cox3,676
45.1%Harding3,090
1.2%
D+8.6
R+7.6
D+34.7
6,847
D
55.9%Wilson2,138
39.7%Hughes1,520
4.4%
D+16.1
R+72.0
D+13.0
3,827
D
111.4%Wilson3,618
23.3%Taft757
0.0%
D+88.1
—
D+68.6
3,247
—
3137.4%Bryan3,608
1716.5%Taft1,974
0.0%
No data
—
—
115
—
2968.4%Parker4,690
917.7%Roosevelt1,450
0.0%
No data
—
—
158
—
81633.3%Bryan2,449
66366.7%McKinley1,991
0.0%
No data
—
—
3
D
47.6%Bryan1,961
42.6%McKinley1,756
9.8%
D+5.0
R+11.2
D+11.0
4,123
D
50.9%Cleveland1,826
34.8%Harrison1,247
14.3%
D+16.2
—
D+14.5
3,584
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
27.2%8,864
68.7%22,358
32,560
2022
R
39.2%9,337
60.8%14,481
23,837
2018
R
41.4%9,840
54.2%12,886
23,788
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+16.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+21.9
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 5.6 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Ocean Pines, MD in Ocean Pines, MD: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+128
2012
+183
2013
+110
2014
+137
2015
+58
2016
+202
2017
+370
2018
+525
2019
+576
2021
+1,209
2022
+747
2023
+424
2024
+312
2025
+376
Ocean Pines, MD sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 88.1 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 51.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.9 points.
A population of 53,700, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,745 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL and Kill Devil Hills, NC.
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In 2024, Ocean Pines, MD, Maryland voted Republican by 21.9 points (R+21.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 32,881 votes cast, 12,431 went Democratic and 19,632 went Republican.
When did Ocean Pines, MD, Maryland last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ocean Pines, MD, Maryland voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Ocean Pines, MD, Maryland?
Ocean Pines, MD, Maryland has a population of 53,700 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ocean Pines, MD, Maryland?
Median household income in Ocean Pines, MD, Maryland is $81,745 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Ocean Pines, MD, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Ocean Pines, MD, Maryland from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 21 went Republican.
