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Avalon borough, Cape May County, NJ

1,404 Population
4.3 square miles 328.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

65.7 ±3 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Cape May County: 50.4 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$97,474 ±$14,031 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in Cape May County: $45,689 ±$1,669
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $46,691 ±$213
$141,964 ±$30,374 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Cape May County: $76,237 ±$2,787
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $89,703 ±$507

5% ±2.4% (70  ±35) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Cape May County: 9.3% † 8,730 (±1.2% / ±1,126)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 883,896 (±0.1% / ±12,412)

23.4 minutes ±9.1 (8,800  ±2,329) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Cape May County: 22.3 879,505 (±0.9 / ±43,568)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 31.5 126,284,970 (±0.1 / ±619,819)

Families

699 ±81 Number of households
  • Cape May County: 41,971 ±768
  • New Jersey: 3,397,156 ±5,756
2 ±0.1 (1,399  ±168) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cape May County: 2.2 93,316 (±0 / ±360)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 9,050,134

3% ±3.8% (3  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cape May County: 5.1% † 857 (±1.6% / ±266)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 5% 106,279 (±0.1% / ±2,560)

Housing

5,385 ±168 Number of housing units
  • Cape May County: 99,567 ±171
  • New Jersey: 3,738,342 ±433

$1,434,300 ±$150,005 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Cape May County: $318,600 ±$8,412
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $355,700 ±$986

10.5% ±3.8% (147  ±55.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cape May County: 12.4% 11,785 (±1.2% / ±1,135.2)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 944,204 (±0.1% / ±13,068.6)

Social

98.2% ±15% (1,208  ±117.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cape May County: 94.1% 67,643 (±2.3% / ±1,698)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.5% 5,802,729 (±0.3% / ±19,579.2)
68.7% ±2.7% (845  ±104.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Cape May County: 35% 25,157 (±1.4% / ±1,040.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 41.5% 2,660,853 (±0.2% / ±12,771.8)

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

1.9% ±1.3% (26  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cape May County: 4.9% † 4,628 (±0.6% / ±609)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 22.9% 2,115,061 (±0.2% / ±13,418)

9.9% ±2.3% (127  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cape May County: 8.5% 6,582 (±0.6% / ±487)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 4.3% 309,642 (±0.1% / ±4,437)
127 Total veterans ±33 122 Male ±32 5 Female ±6

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