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West Cape May borough, Cape May County, NJ

934 Population
1.2 square miles 796 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.4 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cape May County: 51.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$53,959 ±$8,867 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Cape May County: $54,325 ±$1,681
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$79,375 ±$19,028 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cape May County: $88,046 ±$3,719
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

4.7% ±2.6% (44  ±26) 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)

13.7 minutes ±6 (4,745  ±1,251) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Cape May County: 22.7 871,875 (±1.1 / ±46,553)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

444 ±77 Number of households
  • Cape May County: 44,369 ±752
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.1 ±0.2 (934  ±177) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cape May County: 2.1 93,560 (±0 / ±67)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

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

Housing

1,032 ±112 Number of housing units
  • Cape May County: 99,625 ±99
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$698,300 ±$54,106 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Cape May County: $395,000 ±$8,798
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

15.5% ±13.8% (145  ±131.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cape May County: 11.7% † 11,098 (±1.3% / ±1,228)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

98.1% ±21.5% (729  ±106) 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)
48.5% ±2.3% (360  ±61.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times 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

1.7% ±2% (16  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Cape May County: 4.8% 4,547
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

5.1% ±4.4% (40  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cape May County: 7.4% 5,794 (±0.6% / ±440)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
40 Total veterans ±35 40 Male ±35 N/A Female ±14

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