Cape May Court House vs North Cape May

A side-by-side comparison of Cape May Court House and North Cape May: population, income, housing, and more.

Cape May Court House and North Cape May are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cape May Court House has the higher population (5,375 vs 3,577 in North Cape May). North Cape May has the higher median household income ($82,198 vs $74,503 in Cape May Court House). Cape May Court House has the higher median home value ($355,500 vs $323,900 in North Cape May).

Population, income & housing

	Cape May Court House	North Cape May
Population	5,375	3,577
Median age	44.9 yrs	58.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,503	$82,198
Median home value	$355,500	$323,900
Median gross rent	$1,389	$1,331
Housing units	2,854	2,997
Homeownership rate	66.7%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape May Court House	North Cape May
Population	4,617 → 5,375 (+16.4%)	3,107 → 3,577 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$62,781 → $74,503 (+18.7%)	$56,318 → $82,198 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$261,200 → $355,500 (+36.1%)	$234,500 → $323,900 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,355 → $1,389 (+2.5%)	$1,269 → $1,331 (+4.9%)

Cape May Court House

Population

4,6175,375

Median household income

$62,781$74,503

Median home value

$261,200$355,500

Median gross rent

$1,355$1,389

North Cape May

Population

3,1073,577

Median household income

$56,318$82,198

Median home value

$234,500$323,900

Median gross rent

$1,269$1,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape May Court House	North Cape May
Under 5	3.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.2%	9.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	7.3%
45 to 54	7.6%	8.1%
55 to 64	8.3%	22.7%
65 to 74	19.6%	18.7%
75 and over	14.2%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape May Court House	North Cape May
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	93.1%
Black or African American	5.6%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape May Court House	North Cape May
No high school diploma	8.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	30.0%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape May Court House	North Cape May
Drove alone	85.2%	75.9%
Carpooled	6.2%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.8%	12.5%
Other means	0.7%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape May Court House	North Cape May
1-unit, detached	69.6%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	3.5%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cape May Court House	North Cape May
Poverty rate	15.9%	4.7%
Average household size	2.04	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1982	1967