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Cape May & Atlantic (South Central) Counties--Ocean City & Somers Point City PUMA, NJ

105,283 Population
255.5 square miles 412 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$53,209 ±$2,790 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$96,118 ±$6,686 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.9% ±2% (9,266  ±2,136) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.2 minutes ±0.8 (943,845  ±40,857) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

50,995 ±1,476 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2 ±0.1 (103,726  ±2,608) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.8% ±3.6% (707  ±660) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 117,595 (±0.3% / ±6,859)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

103,784 ±2,830 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$461,500 ±$19,156 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

6.1% ±1.8% (6,342  ±1,864.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.2% ±4.6% (77,844  ±4,072.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
38.3% ±2.8% (31,612  ±2,389.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 44.6% 2,965,532 (±0.4% / ±26,621.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

9.5% ±0.9% (9,524  ±921.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 33.1% 2,922,137 (±0.2% / ±15,881.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

4.6% ±1.1% (4,850  ±1,209) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.9% ±1% (5,172  ±915) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,172 Total veterans ±915 4,986 Male ±891 186 Female ±174

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