Cape May Court House vs Wildwood

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

Cape May Court House and 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 5,140 in Wildwood). Cape May Court House has the higher median household income ($74,503 vs $51,996 in Wildwood). Wildwood has the higher median home value ($361,200 vs $355,500 in Cape May Court House).

Population, income & housing

	Cape May Court House	Wildwood
Population	5,375	5,140
Median age	44.9 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,503	$51,996
Median home value	$355,500	$361,200
Median gross rent	$1,389	$1,255
Housing units	2,854	6,619
Homeownership rate	66.7%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape May Court House	Wildwood
Population	4,617 → 5,375 (+16.4%)	5,042 → 5,140 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$62,781 → $74,503 (+18.7%)	$41,888 → $51,996 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$261,200 → $355,500 (+36.1%)	$237,300 → $361,200 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,355 → $1,389 (+2.5%)	$1,096 → $1,255 (+14.5%)

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

Wildwood

Population

5,0425,140

Median household income

$41,888$51,996

Median home value

$237,300$361,200

Median gross rent

$1,096$1,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape May Court House	Wildwood
Under 5	3.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	12.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	9.3%
45 to 54	7.6%	14.9%
55 to 64	8.3%	21.2%
65 to 74	19.6%	11.2%
75 and over	14.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape May Court House	Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	57.8%
Black or African American	5.6%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	31.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape May Court House	Wildwood
No high school diploma	8.9%	11.2%
High school graduate	30.0%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape May Court House	Wildwood
Drove alone	85.2%	50.9%
Carpooled	6.2%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	0.0%	23.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.8%	8.0%
Other means	0.7%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape May Court House	Wildwood
1-unit, detached	69.6%	22.3%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	32.2%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	25.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	13.1%
20 or more units	1.8%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cape May Court House	Wildwood
Poverty rate	15.9%	18.1%
Average household size	2.04	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1982	1971