Belleplain vs West Wildwood

A side-by-side comparison of Belleplain and West Wildwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Belleplain and West Wildwood are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belleplain has the higher population (675 vs 564 in West Wildwood). Belleplain has the higher median household income ($65,357 vs $64,750 in West Wildwood). West Wildwood has the higher median home value ($364,900 vs $282,300 in Belleplain).

Population, income & housing

	Belleplain	West Wildwood
Population	675	564
Median age	33.2 yrs	63.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,357	$64,750
Median home value	$282,300	$364,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,400
Housing units	255	867
Homeownership rate	76.2%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belleplain	West Wildwood
Population	555 → 675 (+21.6%)	385 → 564 (+46.5%)
Median household income	$51,875 → $65,357 (+26.0%)	$57,969 → $64,750 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$198,900 → $282,300 (+41.9%)	$290,800 → $364,900 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,063 → $1,400 (+31.7%)

Belleplain

Population

555675

Median household income

$51,875$65,357

Median home value

$198,900$282,300

West Wildwood

Population

385564

Median household income

$57,969$64,750

Median home value

$290,800$364,900

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belleplain	West Wildwood
Under 5	32.4%	7.6%
5 to 17	2.7%	7.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.5%
25 to 34	20.7%	2.1%
35 to 44	7.6%	3.2%
45 to 54	3.3%	9.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	26.6%
65 to 74	14.8%	23.9%
75 and over	7.9%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belleplain	West Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	12.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belleplain	West Wildwood
No high school diploma	12.1%	14.2%
High school graduate	53.0%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belleplain	West Wildwood
Drove alone	97.9%	78.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	2.1%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belleplain	West Wildwood
1-unit, detached	96.5%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	3.5%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belleplain	West Wildwood
Poverty rate	9.5%	3.5%
Average household size	2.77	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1956	1965