Census Reporter

Cape May County, NJ

92,701 Population
251.5 square miles 368.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.3 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,987 ±$1,552 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $44,153 ±$191
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$72,385 ±$1,989 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $85,245 ±$402
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

9.9% ±1.4% (9,013  ±1,238) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 842,704 (±0.2% / ±14,941)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

22.4 minutes ±0.9 (882,100  ±41,288) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Jersey: 32 128,475,610 (±0.1 / ±610,129)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

40,670 ±825 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,272,054 ±6,029
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.2 ±0.1 (90,372  ±413) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,702,841
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.1% ±1.7% (839  ±276) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 4.9% 100,782 (±0.1% / ±2,335)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

99,394 ±197 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,628,732 ±505
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$306,200 ±$9,123 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $343,500 ±$980
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

11.9% ±1.2% (10,905  ±1,139) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 906,217 (±0.1% / ±11,955.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

93.4% ±2.4% (65,259  ±1,672.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.3% 5,568,740 (±0.3% / ±18,363.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
33.6% ±1.3% (23,444  ±881.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 40.7% 2,513,062 (±0.2% / ±11,733.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

4.4% ±0.5% (4,117  ±486) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 22.7% 2,012,872 (±0.1% / ±12,390)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

8.9% ±0.8% (6,732  ±635) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in New Jersey: 4.5% 313,928 (±0.1% / ±3,306)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
6,732 Total veterans ±635 6,196 Male ±586 536 Female ±192

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