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Wildwood city, Cape May County, NJ

5,140 Population
1.5 square miles 3,336 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cape May County: 51.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$40,173 ±$6,836 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cape May County: $54,325 ±$1,681
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$51,996 ±$13,116 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cape May County: $88,046 ±$3,719
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

18.1% ±5.5% (930  ±281) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Cape May County: 8.7% † 8,169 (±1% / ±956)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

21.5 minutes ±3.6 (46,140  ±9,985) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Cape May County: 22.7 871,875 (±1.1 / ±46,553)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

2,609 ±196 Number of households
  • Cape May County: 44,369 ±752
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2 ±0.2 (5,126  ±21) 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

7.6% ±7% (84  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cape May County: 6.6% † 1,077 (±2% / ±326)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

6,619 ±354 Number of housing units
  • Cape May County: 99,625 ±99
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$361,200 ±$31,247 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cape May County: $395,000 ±$8,798
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

22.9% ±8.5% (1,169  ±433.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 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

88.8% ±9% (3,401  ±426.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cape May County: 94.6% 68,721 (±2.4% / ±1,736.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
15.1% ±4.9% (577  ±191.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cape May County: 37.5% 27,192 (±1.4% / ±1,040.7)
  • about one-third of 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

19.6% ±4.7% (1,006  ±242) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Cape May County: 4.8% 4,547
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

6.2% ±2.8% (266  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cape May County: 7.4% 5,794 (±0.6% / ±440)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
266 Total veterans ±122 261 Male ±122 5 Female ±9

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