Cape May Court House vs North Wildwood

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

Cape May Court House and North Wildwood 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 3,620 in North Wildwood). North Wildwood has the higher median household income ($85,812 vs $74,503 in Cape May Court House). North Wildwood has the higher median home value ($446,400 vs $355,500 in Cape May Court House).

Population, income & housing

	Cape May Court House	North Wildwood
Population	5,375	3,620
Median age	44.9 yrs	63.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,503	$85,812
Median home value	$355,500	$446,400
Median gross rent	$1,389	$1,228
Housing units	2,854	8,427
Homeownership rate	66.7%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape May Court House	North Wildwood
Population	4,617 → 5,375 (+16.4%)	3,812 → 3,620 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$62,781 → $74,503 (+18.7%)	$50,422 → $85,812 (+70.2%)
Median home value	$261,200 → $355,500 (+36.1%)	$354,000 → $446,400 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,355 → $1,389 (+2.5%)	$991 → $1,228 (+23.9%)

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 Wildwood

Population

3,8123,620

Median household income

$50,422$85,812

Median home value

$354,000$446,400

Median gross rent

$991$1,228

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape May Court House	North Wildwood
Under 5	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	6.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	6.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	3.8%
45 to 54	7.6%	7.2%
55 to 64	8.3%	22.5%
65 to 74	19.6%	29.8%
75 and over	14.2%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape May Court House	North Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	91.4%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape May Court House	North Wildwood
No high school diploma	8.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	30.0%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape May Court House	North Wildwood
Drove alone	85.2%	75.9%
Carpooled	6.2%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.8%	7.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape May Court House	North Wildwood
1-unit, detached	69.6%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	41.7%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	8.2%
20 or more units	1.8%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cape May Court House	North Wildwood
Poverty rate	15.9%	9.9%
Average household size	2.04	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	23	38
Median year structure built	1982	1972