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Cape May County, NJ

92,039 Population
251.5 square miles 366 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.5 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$43,852 ±$2,724 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $44,888 ±$352
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$69,980 ±$7,037 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $85,751 ±$760
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

8.8% ±3% (7,973  ±2,698) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 798,262 (±0.3% / ±25,821)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

22.8 minutes ±0.8 (914,155  ±36,225) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Jersey: 32.2 133,166,730 (±0.1 / ±581,610)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,901,729,885 (±0.1 / ±9,072,499)

Families

40,939 ±2,313 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,286,264 ±9,466
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.2 ±0.1 (89,616  ±1,148) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,701,703 (±0)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

6.3% ±3.4% (1,036  ±567) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 4.7% 95,678 (±0.3% / ±5,234)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

99,630 ±522 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,641,854 ±1,185
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$320,900 ±$21,589 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $348,800 ±$1,764
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

12.5% ±3.1% (11,444  ±2,835.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 902,872 (±0.3% / ±26,958.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

93.5% ±5.1% (65,427  ±3,618.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.3% 5,591,610 (±0.6% / ±37,408.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
32.1% ±2.7% (22,471  ±1,898.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 41.2% 2,551,765 (±0.4% / ±23,822)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

4.8% ±1.5% (4,440  ±1,386) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 23.4% 2,074,686 (±0.3% / ±23,672)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

8.5% ±1.2% (6,371  ±861) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 4.4% 302,777 (±0.1% / ±9,193)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
6,371 Total veterans ±861 5,963 Male ±775 408 Female ±363

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