Another notable thing is that Ocean Park is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Ocean Park’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ocean Park has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ocean Park has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ocean Park than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ocean Park may be for you.
One of the nice things about Ocean Park is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.
Ocean Park is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Ocean Park citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.23% of adults 25 and older in Ocean Park have a college degree.
The per capita income in Ocean Park in 2018 was $37,221, which is middle income relative to Washington, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,884 for a family of four. However, Ocean Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ocean Park is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ocean Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ocean Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Ocean Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.39% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ocean Park include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and Northern European.
The most common language spoken in Ocean Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
