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Cape May County, NJ

95,634 Population
251.5 square miles 380.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$54,906 ±$4,359 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $51,272 ±$483
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$84,870 ±$7,282 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $96,346 ±$1,114
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

9.2% ±2.4% (8,684  ±2,249) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 882,045 (±0.4% / ±33,909)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

22.4 minutes ±0.8 (873,440  ±39,865) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

48,563 ±2,222 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,516,978 ±9,044
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
1.9 ±0.1 (94,219  ±195) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,092,231
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

14.7% ±8.8% (2,476  ±1,483) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 5% 105,942 (±0.3% / ±6,352)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

99,408 ±517 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,785,097 ±490
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$449,000 ±$24,229 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $428,900 ±$2,759
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.3% ±4.3% (11,677  ±4,117.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 885,133 (±0.3% / ±28,013.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

93.1% ±4.9% (69,577  ±3,692) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,880,219 (±0.6% / ±38,924.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
37.8% ±3% (28,219  ±2,223.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 43.5% 2,821,608 (±0.4% / ±26,260.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.3% (5,031  ±1,389) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 23.6% 2,181,082
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

5.8% ±1% (4,531  ±783) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.9% 279,664 (±0.1% / ±8,986)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
4,531 Total veterans ±783 4,268 Male ±755 263 Female ±237

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