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Cape May County, NJ

93,875 Population
251.5 square miles 373.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

53 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$54,381 ±$2,927 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$97,249 ±$6,726 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.4% ±2.3% (8,731  ±2,133) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.1 minutes ±0.7 (832,995  ±36,143) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

46,121 ±1,065 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2 ±0.1 (92,340  ±85) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.1% ±2.2% (331  ±355) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 117,595 (±0.3% / ±6,859)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

97,798 ±2,820 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$472,800 ±$21,037 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

6% ±1.9% (5,656  ±1,784.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.8% ±5.1% (69,538  ±3,776.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
38.3% ±3% (28,410  ±2,234.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 44.6% 2,965,532 (±0.4% / ±26,621.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

4.1% (3,869  ±1,158) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.1% ±1.2% (4,783  ±914) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,783 Total veterans ±914 4,597 Male ±888 186 Female ±174

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