Best PlacesOcean View, DE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ocean View, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ocean View ranks 6,251st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ocean View
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Ocean View's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ocean View ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
Where Ocean View ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 22% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ocean View
A household needs to earn about $129,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ocean View home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $95,742, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Ocean View's effective rate of 0.28%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ocean View
Ocean View runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ocean View.
Who works in Ocean View, and how
Work in Ocean View centers on education and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Ocean View
Ocean View has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of towns. The coast is about 6 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Ocean View and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ocean View, month by month
Ocean View sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 38° | 28° |
| April | 66° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Ocean View
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 92 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ocean View
Schools across Ocean View average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lord Baltimore Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Rehoboth Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Beacon Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Selbyville Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Indian River High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Cape Henlopen High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ocean View school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ocean View measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Ocean View against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ocean View
Is Ocean View a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ocean View ranks 6,251st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and state infrastructure, and lowest on summer heat and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ocean View expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $529,156. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $95,742 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Ocean View safe?
Yes, Ocean View is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $165 per resident a year.
Compare Ocean View with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ocean View. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ocean View represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Ocean View detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ocean View: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ocean View: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ocean View: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ocean View: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ocean View detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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