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Cape May city, Cape May County, NJ

2,922 Population
2.5 square miles 1,181.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±8.7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Cape May County: 50.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$52,786 ±$16,726 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Cape May County: $45,689 ±$1,669
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $46,691 ±$213
$71,875 ±$38,446 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Cape May County: $76,237 ±$2,787
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $89,703 ±$507

5.1% ±3.2% (126  ±79) 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)

17.2 minutes ±4.7 (22,870  ±7,002) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Cape May County: 22.3 879,505 (±0.9 / ±43,568)
  • about half the figure in New Jersey: 31.5 126,284,970 (±0.1 / ±619,819)

Families

1,189 ±139 Number of households
  • Cape May County: 41,971 ±768
  • New Jersey: 3,397,156 ±5,756
2.1 ±0.3 (2,457  ±155) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cape May County: 2.2 93,316 (±0 / ±360)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 9,050,134

4.9% ±6.9% (24  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Cape May County: 5.1% † 857 (±1.6% / ±266)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 5% 106,279 (±0.1% / ±2,560)

Housing

3,833 ±236 Number of housing units
  • Cape May County: 99,567 ±171
  • New Jersey: 3,738,342 ±433

$633,200 ±$112,763 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in Cape May County: $318,600 ±$8,412
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $355,700 ±$986

34.5% ±9.9% (1,007  ±289.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Cape May County: 12.4% 11,785 (±1.2% / ±1,135.2)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 944,204 (±0.1% / ±13,068.6)

Social

95% ±10% (1,924  ±271.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cape May County: 94.1% 67,643 (±2.3% / ±1,698)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.5% 5,802,729 (±0.3% / ±19,579.2)
52.9% ±7.6% (1,071  ±183.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cape May County: 35% 25,157 (±1.4% / ±1,040.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

10% ±6% (293  ±175) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Cape May County: 4.9% † 4,628 (±0.6% / ±609)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 22.9% 2,115,061 (±0.2% / ±13,418)

7.3% ±3% (136  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cape May County: 8.5% 6,582 (±0.6% / ±487)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 4.3% 309,642 (±0.1% / ±4,437)
136 Total veterans ±58 129 Male ±60 7 Female ±10

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