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Lower Cape May Regional School District, NJ

25,734 Population
31 square miles 829.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.4 ±2.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cape May County: 51.8 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$50,609 ±$3,490 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cape May County: $55,694 ±$1,721
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$83,783 ±$4,911 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cape May County: $91,128 ±$3,274
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

7.9% ±2.1% (1,997  ±527) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cape May County: 8.7% † 8,185 (±1.1% / ±1,048)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

19 minutes ±1.6 (205,640  ±21,431) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cape May County: 22.1 832,995 (±0.7 / ±36,143)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

12,787 ±412 Number of households
  • Cape May County: 44,884 ±745
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2 ±0.1 (25,379  ±203) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cape May County: 2.1 93,352 (±0 / ±51)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

4.6% ±3.1% (194  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cape May County: 5.7% † 926 (±1.8% / ±284)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

20,283 ±516 Number of housing units
  • Cape May County: 99,599 ±85
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$396,900 ±$18,098 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cape May County: $434,600 ±$9,304
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

9.1% ±2% (2,335  ±507.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cape May County: 10.9% † 10,272 (±1.2% / ±1,115.2)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

94.9% ±4.1% (18,965  ±925.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cape May County: 94.7% 68,973 (±2.3% / ±1,706.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
35.2% ±2.5% (7,039  ±525.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cape May County: 39.1% 28,441 (±1.4% / ±1,030.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

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

4.8% ±1.4% (1,228  ±364) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Cape May County: 4.6% 4,334
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

8% ±1.6% (1,691  ±333) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cape May County: 6.9% 5,408 (±0.6% / ±461)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
1,691 Total veterans ±333 1,638 Male ±330 53 Female ±41

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