Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Maryland
Grocery and convenience stores in the Ocean Pines, MD area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Ocean Pines, MD area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #346 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Maryland
- Listings
- 76
- 29 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- +23.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $151.9M
- On groceries · $6,294 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 31.5
- 68% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,459
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Ocean Pines area spend about $151.9M a year on groceries, or $6,294 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per store, 41% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The Ocean Pines area has 76 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 29 are chain locations, or 38%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 31.5, 68% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Ocean Pines area was 32 in 2023, up 23.1% from 2019. That is one for every 754 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Ocean Pines area grew 3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, the Ocean Pines area has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #346 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Maryland.
How the Ocean Pines area compares
The same measures for Maryland and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery and convenience stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Ocean Pines area | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 31.5 | 16.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $4.2M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 754 | 1,129 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +23.1% | +6.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,294 | $6,737 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $81,745 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32+23.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 444
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7629 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Ocean Pines area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Ocean Pines area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,459+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 24,136
- Median age
- 50.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 468 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 115
- Median household income
- $81,745
- Average household income
- $117,610
- Median home value
- $374,700
- Jobs located here
- 22,476
- Daytime population
- 52,245Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ocean Pines, MD | 44 | 76 | 31.5 | $2M | +3.7% | #346 of 538 |
| 2Cumberland, MD-WV | 43 | 74 | 19.2 | $2.9M | −1.3% | #352 of 538 |
| 3Easton, MD | 42 | 53 | 32.3 | $2M | +2.0% | #365 of 538 |
| 4Cambridge, MD | 34 | 46 | 34.0 | $1.7M | +3.4% | #427 of 538 |
Other business types in the Ocean Pines area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores44
- Grocery stores66
- Convenience stores43
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Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Ocean Pines, MD area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 76 grocery and convenience stores in the Ocean Pines area. 29 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 23.1% from 2019. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Ocean Pines, MD area spend on groceries?
About $151.9M a year, or $6,294 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 76 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,136 households in the Ocean Pines area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ocean Pines, MD area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Ocean Pines area has 31.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Ocean Pines area would have about 45, against 76 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 754 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 23.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Ocean Pines, MD area growing?
Population estimates put the Ocean Pines area at 54,459 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,136 households. The median household income in the Ocean Pines area is $81,745 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Ocean Pines area scores 44 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #346 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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