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Cape May city, Cape May County, NJ

2,789 Population
2.5 square miles 1,127.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.4 ±9.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Cape May County: 51.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$65,085 ±$19,255 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Cape May County: $54,325 ±$1,681
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$57,230 ±$8,190 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cape May County: $88,046 ±$3,719
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

7.5% ±5% (196  ±131) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cape May County: 8.7% † 8,169 (±1% / ±956)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

17.8 minutes ±4.7 (22,325  ±7,042) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cape May County: 22.7 871,875 (±1.1 / ±46,553)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

1,369 ±108 Number of households
  • Cape May County: 44,369 ±752
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
1.9 ±0.2 (2,597  ±42) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cape May County: 2.1 93,560 (±0 / ±67)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

12.2% ±11.2% (49  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Cape May County: 6.6% † 1,077 (±2% / ±326)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

3,898 ±202 Number of housing units
  • Cape May County: 99,625 ±99
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$823,800 ±$70,396 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Cape May County: $395,000 ±$8,798
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

21.6% ±6.1% (601  ±,168.7) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Cape May County: 11.7% † 11,098 (±1.3% / ±1,228)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

96.7% ±10.6% (2,035  ±,274.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cape May County: 94.6% 68,721 (±2.4% / ±1,736.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
50% ±7.3% (1,052  ±,173.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cape May County: 37.5% 27,192 (±1.4% / ±1,040.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

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

6% ±4.2% (166  ±116) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cape May County: 4.8% 4,547
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

3.7% ±1.7% (79  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Cape May County: 7.4% 5,794 (±0.6% / ±440)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
79 Total veterans ±38 79 Male ±38 N/A Female ±14

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