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Cape May County, NJ

94,610 Population
251.5 square miles 376.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.7 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$58,343 ±$3,873 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $52,583 ±$435
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$84,364 ±$7,019 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $99,781 ±$1,061
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

8.2% ±2.2% (7,646  ±2,024) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 886,772 (±0.3% / ±27,839)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.3 minutes ±2.2 (859,535  ±101,835) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 31.4 126,643,450 (±0.3 / ±1,324,142)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

47,516 ±1,734 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,538,457 ±8,891
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2 ±0.1 (92,947  ±80) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 † 9,122,744 (±,157 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

6.4% ±3.5% (990  ±534) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 108,771 (±0.3% / ±6,919)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

99,491 ±1,681 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,803,652 ±1,675
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$474,800 ±$29,260 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $461,000 ±$2,830
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.4% ±2.9% (10,705  ±2,755.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.4% 860,587 (±0.3% / ±27,733.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

96.1% ±5.2% (70,205  ±3,884.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,903,558 (±0.6% / ±39,527)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
41.2% ±3.4% (30,066  ±2,505) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 43.8% 2,850,285 (±0.4% / ±26,559.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

5.1% ±30,170.3% (4,861  ±1,241) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 24.2% † 2,250,431 (±1,448.4% / ±28,235)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

5.4% ±1% (4,256  ±817) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.6% 258,485 (±0.1% / ±8,678)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,256 Total veterans ±817 4,014 Male ±797 242 Female ±257

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