Cape May Court House vs Wildwood Crest

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

Cape May Court House and Wildwood Crest 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 3,094 in Wildwood Crest). Wildwood Crest has the higher median household income ($82,143 vs $74,503 in Cape May Court House). Wildwood Crest has the higher median home value ($526,600 vs $355,500 in Cape May Court House).

Population, income & housing

	Cape May Court House	Wildwood Crest
Population	5,375	3,094
Median age	44.9 yrs	61.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,503	$82,143
Median home value	$355,500	$526,600
Median gross rent	$1,389	$950
Housing units	2,854	5,654
Homeownership rate	66.7%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape May Court House	Wildwood Crest
Population	4,617 → 5,375 (+16.4%)	3,096 → 3,094 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$62,781 → $74,503 (+18.7%)	$60,982 → $82,143 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$261,200 → $355,500 (+36.1%)	$447,800 → $526,600 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,355 → $1,389 (+2.5%)	$986 → $950 (-3.7%)

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 Crest

Population

3,0963,094

Median household income

$60,982$82,143

Median home value

$447,800$526,600

Median gross rent

$986$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape May Court House	Wildwood Crest
Under 5	3.9%	1.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	7.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	2.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	5.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	7.7%
45 to 54	7.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	8.3%	22.8%
65 to 74	19.6%	23.7%
75 and over	14.2%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape May Court House	Wildwood Crest
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	90.2%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.5%
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%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape May Court House	Wildwood Crest
No high school diploma	8.9%	2.7%
High school graduate	30.0%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape May Court House	Wildwood Crest
Drove alone	85.2%	50.9%
Carpooled	6.2%	19.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	15.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape May Court House	Wildwood Crest
1-unit, detached	69.6%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	34.3%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	12.9%
20 or more units	1.8%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Cape May Court House	Wildwood Crest
Poverty rate	15.9%	8.5%
Average household size	2.04	1.63
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1982	1968