Cape May Court House vs Ocean City

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

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

Ocean City has the higher population (11,260 vs 5,375 in Cape May Court House). Ocean City has the higher median household income ($101,782 vs $74,503 in Cape May Court House). Ocean City has the higher median home value ($719,100 vs $355,500 in Cape May Court House).

Population, income & housing

	Cape May Court House	Ocean City
Population	5,375	11,260
Median age	44.9 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,503	$101,782
Median home value	$355,500	$719,100
Median gross rent	$1,389	$1,670
Housing units	2,854	20,905
Homeownership rate	66.7%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	54.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape May Court House	Ocean City
Population	4,617 → 5,375 (+16.4%)	11,132 → 11,260 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$62,781 → $74,503 (+18.7%)	$81,076 → $101,782 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$261,200 → $355,500 (+36.1%)	$574,100 → $719,100 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,355 → $1,389 (+2.5%)	$1,264 → $1,670 (+32.1%)

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

Ocean City

Population

11,13211,260

Median household income

$81,076$101,782

Median home value

$574,100$719,100

Median gross rent

$1,264$1,670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape May Court House	Ocean City
Under 5	3.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	14.2%	13.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	7.4%
45 to 54	7.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	8.3%	18.4%
65 to 74	19.6%	18.8%
75 and over	14.2%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape May Court House	Ocean City
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	85.8%
Black or African American	5.6%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape May Court House	Ocean City
No high school diploma	8.9%	3.4%
High school graduate	30.0%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape May Court House	Ocean City
Drove alone	85.2%	61.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	7.8%	15.9%
Other means	0.7%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape May Court House	Ocean City
1-unit, detached	69.6%	30.0%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	40.4%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	5.1%
20 or more units	1.8%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Cape May Court House	Ocean City
Poverty rate	15.9%	7.9%
Average household size	2.04	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1982	1983