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Wildwood Crest borough, Cape May County, NJ

3,077 Population
1.3 square miles 2,370.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

63.7 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Cape May County: 51.8 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$58,237 ±$6,202 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Cape May County: $55,694 ±$1,721
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$69,089 ±$24,619 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cape May County: $91,128 ±$3,274
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

9.6% ±4.6% (296  ±142) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cape May County: 8.7% † 8,185 (±1.1% / ±1,048)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

19.3 minutes ±4.9 (19,940  ±7,156) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cape May County: 22.1 832,995 (±0.7 / ±36,143)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

1,923 ±147 Number of households
  • Cape May County: 44,884 ±745
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
1.6 ±0.1 (3,077  ±14) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Cape May County: 2.1 93,352 (±0 / ±51)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

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

Housing

5,582 ±237 Number of housing units
  • Cape May County: 99,599 ±85
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$590,900 ±$101,953 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Cape May County: $434,600 ±$9,304
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

13.1% ±7.2% (403  ±220) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cape May County: 10.9% † 10,272 (±1.2% / ±1,115.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

97.9% ±11.9% (2,707  ±365.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cape May County: 94.7% 68,973 (±2.3% / ±1,706.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
45.8% ±8.9% (1,265  ±258.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cape May County: 39.1% 28,441 (±1.4% / ±1,030.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

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

1.3% ±1.4% (41  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Cape May County: 4.6% 4,334
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

8.5% ±3.5% (245  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cape May County: 6.9% 5,408 (±0.6% / ±461)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
245 Total veterans ±101 245 Male ±101 N/A Female ±14

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