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Cape May city, Cape May County, NJ

2,815 Population
2.5 square miles 1,138.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±11.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cape May County: 50.9 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$64,513 ±$19,005 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Cape May County: $51,344 ±$1,698
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$69,896 ±$50,399 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cape May County: $83,870 ±$3,707
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

5.4% ±3.4% (139  ±88) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cape May County: 9% † 8,443 (±1.3% / ±1,223)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

17 minutes ±4 (20,525  ±5,771) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Cape May County: 22.4 873,440 (±0.8 / ±39,865)
  • about half the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

1,233 ±124 Number of households
  • Cape May County: 43,277 ±734
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.1 ±0.2 (2,555  ±48) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cape May County: 2.2 93,649 (±0 / ±74)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

7.1% ±11.4% (31  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cape May County: 6.3% † 1,056 (±2.1% / ±350)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

3,877 ±180 Number of housing units
  • Cape May County: 99,525 ±82
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$767,000 ±$132,610 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Cape May County: $372,300 ±$8,609
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

32.7% ±10.4% (919  ±291) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Cape May County: 12.1% † 11,481 (±1.2% / ±1,163.4)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

95.9% ±13% (1,969  ±,299.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cape May County: 93.9% 68,120 (±2.3% / ±1,719.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
52.8% ±8.6% (1,083  ±,191.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cape May County: 35.9% 26,003 (±1.4% / ±,989.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

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

13.1% ±6.5% (370  ±182) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Cape May County: 4.8% 4,534
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

4.1% ±2.2% (78  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Cape May County: 8.1% 6,284 (±0.6% / ±485)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
78 Total veterans ±42 78 Male ±42 N/A Female ±14

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