Cape May Court House vs Rio Grande

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

Cape May Court House and Rio Grande 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 3,285 in Rio Grande). Rio Grande has the higher median household income ($97,590 vs $74,503 in Cape May Court House). Cape May Court House has the higher median home value ($355,500 vs $311,900 in Rio Grande).

Population, income & housing

	Cape May Court House	Rio Grande
Population	5,375	3,285
Median age	44.9 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,503	$97,590
Median home value	$355,500	$311,900
Median gross rent	$1,389	$1,486
Housing units	2,854	1,854
Homeownership rate	66.7%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape May Court House	Rio Grande
Population	4,617 → 5,375 (+16.4%)	2,834 → 3,285 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$62,781 → $74,503 (+18.7%)	$66,544 → $97,590 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$261,200 → $355,500 (+36.1%)	$266,400 → $311,900 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,355 → $1,389 (+2.5%)	$1,111 → $1,486 (+33.8%)

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

Rio Grande

Population

2,8343,285

Median household income

$66,544$97,590

Median home value

$266,400$311,900

Median gross rent

$1,111$1,486

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape May Court House	Rio Grande
Under 5	3.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	14.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	1.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	5.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	16.1%
45 to 54	7.6%	16.0%
55 to 64	8.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	19.6%	20.2%
75 and over	14.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape May Court House	Rio Grande
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	71.4%
Black or African American	5.6%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape May Court House	Rio Grande
No high school diploma	8.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	30.0%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape May Court House	Rio Grande
Drove alone	85.2%	71.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	8.2%
Other means	0.7%	7.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape May Court House	Rio Grande
1-unit, detached	69.6%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	20.7%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	4.3%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Cape May Court House	Rio Grande
Poverty rate	15.9%	9.9%
Average household size	2.04	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1982	1987