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Sea Isle City city, Cape May County, NJ

2,079 Population
2.2 square miles 943.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

65.2 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Cape May County: 51.4 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$84,171 ±$12,187 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Cape May County: $54,325 ±$1,681
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$98,860 ±$12,051 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cape May County: $88,046 ±$3,719
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

4.7% ±1.9% (98  ±41) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Cape May County: 8.7% † 8,169 (±1% / ±956)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

30.4 minutes ±6.2 (18,645  ±5,411) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Cape May County: 22.7 871,875 (±1.1 / ±46,553)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

1,125 ±116 Number of households
  • Cape May County: 44,369 ±752
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
1.8 ±0.3 (2,073  ±207) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cape May County: 2.1 93,560 (±0 / ±67)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

6,719 ±251 Number of housing units
  • Cape May County: 99,625 ±99
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$1,019,500 ±$64,089 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Cape May County: $395,000 ±$8,798
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

13.3% ±4.4% (276  ±95.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cape May County: 11.7% † 11,098 (±1.3% / ±1,228)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

98.7% ±0.6% (1,866  ±185) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cape May County: 94.6% 68,721 (±2.4% / ±1,736.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
47.5% ±3.7% (897  ±112.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cape May County: 37.5% 27,192 (±1.4% / ±1,040.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

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

1.8% ±1.1% (37  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cape May County: 4.8% 4,547
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

7.4% ±2% (145  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Cape May County: 7.4% 5,794 (±0.6% / ±440)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
145 Total veterans ±42 145 Male ±42 N/A Female ±14

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