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Ocean View, HI
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Ocean View is a very small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Hawaii. With a population of 4,864 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ocean View is the 32nd largest community in Hawaii. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Ocean View, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Ocean View, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Ocean View’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Ocean View does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $45,917.00.

Also of interest is that Ocean View has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Ocean View has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ocean View a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Ocean View is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

In Ocean View, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 55.48 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Ocean View does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, the citizens of Ocean View rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.19% of adults 25 and older in Ocean View have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Ocean View in 2022 was $28,657, which is low income relative to Hawaii, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,628 for a family of four. However, Ocean View contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ocean View is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ocean View home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ocean View residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Ocean View also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.22% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ocean View include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Ocean View is English. Other important languages spoken here include Pacific Island languages and Spanish.


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