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Ocean View town, Delaware: commercial real estate data.
Ocean View town is a Census town of 2,851 people across 2.78 square miles of land, in Sussex County. Median household income is $91,500, 93.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $536,700.
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Ocean View
What Ocean View is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.78 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,027
- County holding the largest share of its areaSussex County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ocean View
How many people live in Ocean View
- Population2,851
- Median age66.1
- Population under 18219 plus or minus 96
- Share under 187.7 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Population 65 and over1,515
- Share 65 and over53.1 percent
- Households1,376
- Family households1,036
- Share of households that are families75.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ocean View
Income and work in Ocean View
- Median household income$91,500
- Per capita income$52,871
- Civilian labor force873
- Employed850
- Unemployed23 plus or minus 18
- Unemployment rate2.6 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Adults 25 and over2,488
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher99.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher52.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree20.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ocean View
Housing in Ocean View
- Housing units2,646
- Occupied units1,376
- Vacant units1,270
- Vacancy rate48.0 percent
- Owner occupied1,280
- Renter occupied96 plus or minus 41
- Ownership rate93.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$514,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,774
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.3 percent
- Single family units2,542
- Share single family96.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more104 plus or minus 75
- Share in buildings of two or more3.9 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built2006
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ocean View
How Ocean View gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute684 plus or minus 183
- Commuting under 15 minutes342 plus or minus 125
- Share commuting under 15 minutes50.0 percent plus or minus 12.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more186 plus or minus 77
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more27.2 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Drove alone66.5 percent
- Carpooled6.8 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home18.3 percent plus or minus 6.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ocean View
SBA loans in Ocean View (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$536,700
- Average approval$89,450
- Median approval$108,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$200,000
- Largest approval$200,000
- Jobs supported22
- Jobs per approval3.7
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises16.7 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Ocean View
SBA loans in Ocean View (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$158,000
- Average approval$158,000
- Median approval$158,000
- Largest approval$158,000
- Jobs supported3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sussex County, not Ocean View
Sussex County context, not Ocean View figures
These are Sussex County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ocean View measurements.
- Establishments in Sussex County6,411
- Employment at those establishments, Sussex County78,541
- Covered employment, Sussex County94,273
- Average annual pay, Sussex County$55,078
- Average weekly wage, Sussex County$1,059
- Housing units permitted, Sussex County4,354
- Of those, single family, Sussex County3,816
- County product, 2024, Sussex County$23,355,694,000
- County product change over the prior year, Sussex County9.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Sussex County$127,341
Every figure in this section is published for Sussex County as a whole and is not a measurement of Ocean View. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Ocean View questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ocean View, Delaware?
2,851, in 1,376 households. Ocean View town covers 2.78 square miles of land, which is 1,027 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ocean View in?
Sussex County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Ocean View?
$91,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $514,200. Median gross rent is $1,774 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Ocean View businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $536,700, across 3 lenders, median approval $108,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $158,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Ocean View, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Ocean View borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Ocean View. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Ocean View figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sussex County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Ocean View.
Is zoning published for Ocean View?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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