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North Wildwood, NJ

3,794 Population
1.7 square miles 2,199.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

63.5 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 50.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$37,797 ±$5,489 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: $42,987 ±$1,552
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $44,153 ±$191
$63,177 ±$28,633 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: $72,385 ±$1,989
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $85,245 ±$402

11.1% ±6% (422  ±229) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 9.9% † 9,013 (±1.4% / ±1,238)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 842,704 (±0.2% / ±14,941)

34.3 minutes ±13.8 (44,425  ±22,138) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 22.4 882,100 (±0.9 / ±41,288)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 32 128,475,610 (±0.1 / ±610,129)

Families

1,937 ±118 Number of households
  • the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 40,670 ±825
  • New Jersey: 3,272,054 ±6,029
2 ±0.1 (3,794  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 2.2 90,372 (±0.1 / ±413)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,702,841

5.9% ±9.2% (25  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 5.1% † 839 (±1.7% / ±276)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 4.9% 100,782 (±0.1% / ±2,335)

Housing

8,860 ±308 Number of housing units
  • the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 99,394 ±197
  • New Jersey: 3,628,732 ±505

$347,600 ±$16,563 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: $306,200 ±$9,123
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $343,500 ±$980

10.8% ±7.5% (408  ±283.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 11.9% † 10,905 (±1.2% / ±1,139)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 906,217 (±0.1% / ±11,955.1)

Social

95% ±14.6% (3,058  ±519) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 93.4% 65,259 (±2.4% / ±1,672.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.3% 5,568,740 (±0.3% / ±18,363.3)
21.6% ±5.6% (695  ±187) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 33.6% 23,444 (±1.3% / ±881.9)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 40.7% 2,513,062 (±0.2% / ±11,733.9)

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

1.9% ±1.3% (73  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 4.4% † 4,117 (±0.5% / ±486)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 22.7% 2,012,872 (±0.1% / ±12,390)

7.3% ±2.3% (256  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 8.9% 6,732 (±0.8% / ±635)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 4.5% 313,928 (±0.1% / ±3,306)
256 Total veterans ±80 222 Male ±71 34 Female ±41

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