ZIP 08226 · Ocean City
Who lives in ZIP code 08226 (Ocean City, NJ): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Ocean City, NJ · Cape May County
uszips 2026
People11,261
Median age56.1
Household income$101,782
Home value$845,380
Median rent$1,683/mo
Poverty9.8%
College degree+56.7%
Commute27 min
Place
- Metro area
- Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Wider region
- Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 644 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 5,689
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
33.8% are 65 or older; 84.5% are adults.
Household income
50.6% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $54,205.
Education (adults 25+)
39.7% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
9.1% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 60.5%
- Never married
- 23.4%
- Divorced
- 9.2%
- Widowed
- 6.9%
- Family size
- 2.43
- Dual-income families
- 45.3%
Housing
- Own their home
- 72.7%
- Rent burden
- 49.6%
- Men / women
- 46% / 54%
Work
- In labor force
- 54.4%
- Unemployment
- 3.2%
- Self-employed
- —
- Farmers
- —
Community
- Charitable givers
- —
- Veterans
- 6.4%
- With a disability
- 11.0%
- No health insurance
- 5.9%
- Limited English
- 0.3%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.