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Wildwood Crest borough, Cape May County, NJ

3,104 Population
1.3 square miles 2,391.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

63 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Cape May County: 50.9 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$56,725 ±$10,673 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cape May County: $51,344 ±$1,698
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$64,363 ±$12,979 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cape May County: $83,870 ±$3,707
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

10.8% ±4.5% (336  ±139) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cape May County: 9% † 8,443 (±1.3% / ±1,223)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

21.3 minutes ±4.5 (21,290  ±6,985) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Cape May County: 22.4 873,440 (±0.8 / ±39,865)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

1,875 ±157 Number of households
  • Cape May County: 43,277 ±734
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
1.7 ±0.1 (3,104  ±24) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Cape May County: 2.2 93,649 (±0 / ±74)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

3.7% ±5.4% (14  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cape May County: 6.3% † 1,056 (±2.1% / ±350)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

5,676 ±256 Number of housing units
  • Cape May County: 99,525 ±82
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$510,700 ±$65,065 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Cape May County: $372,300 ±$8,609
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

9.7% ±5.3% (299  ±,164.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cape May County: 12.1% † 11,481 (±1.2% / ±1,163.4)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

97.6% ±11.6% (2,744  ±,348.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cape May County: 93.9% 68,120 (±2.3% / ±1,719.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
40.6% ±8.7% (1,143  ±,249.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cape May County: 35.9% 26,003 (±1.4% / ±,989.2)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

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

1.6% ±1.1% (48  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Cape May County: 4.8% 4,534
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

11.2% ±3.8% (328  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cape May County: 8.1% 6,284 (±0.6% / ±485)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
328 Total veterans ±112 328 Male ±112 N/A Female ±14

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