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Cape May County, NJ

95,661 Population
251.5 square miles 380.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.6 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Jersey: 40.3 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$53,482 ±$5,329 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $47,338 ±$418
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$78,657 ±$6,156 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $89,296 ±$1,088
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

6.7% ±1.9% (6,356  ±1,832) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,602 (±0.3% / ±29,531)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

22.3 minutes ±0.9 (879,505  ±43,568) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Jersey: 31.5 126,284,970 (±0.1 / ±619,819)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

48,860 ±1,584 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,497,945 ±8,126
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
1.9 ±0.1 (93,818  ±756) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,084,234 (±0)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.1% ±2.4% (679  ±390) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.3% 110,927 (±0.3% / ±6,041)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

99,233 ±1,546 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,779,591 ±1,544
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$365,100 ±$21,657 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $389,800 ±$2,392
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

12% ±2.7% (11,400  ±2,551.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 10.6% 974,522 (±0.3% / ±28,423.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

94.4% ±5.5% (69,866  ±4,112.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 91% 5,890,494 (±0.6% / ±40,077.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
40.8% ±3.5% (30,195  ±2,569.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 43.1% 2,790,646 (±0.4% / ±26,799.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

5% ±1.8% (4,752  ±1,709) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 23% 2,134,981 (±0.4% / ±32,090)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.9% ±1.1% (5,439  ±837) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.9% 283,485 (±0.1% / ±7,865)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
5,439 Total veterans ±837 5,331 Male ±798 108 Female ±129

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