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. Ocean View has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Ocean View, where the median household income is $45,043.00.

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.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ocean View has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ocean View has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ocean View than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ocean View may be for you.

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. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One downside of living in Ocean View is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ocean View, the average commute to work is 53.40 minutes, which is quite a bit 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. 16.38% 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 $26,616, 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 $106,464 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 Native Hawaiian. 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 12.34% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ocean View include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Haitian.

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