THE WEST OCEAN CITY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Virginian Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes setting.
West Ocean City CDP has 4.19 square miles of land in Worcester County. Its Census reference point is in Virginian Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes, within Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Regional context: Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
West Ocean City and Worcester County
West Ocean City is associated with Worcester County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
West Ocean City by land and water
The Census records 2.85 square miles of water within West Ocean City, or 40.5% of its total area. It is 7.9 percentage points higher than the 32.6% recorded for Worcester County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, West Ocean City CDP has 64.7% of the land area of nearby Ocean Pines CDP (6.48 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.