Cape May vs North Wildwood

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

Cape May 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.

North Wildwood has the higher population (3,620 vs 2,789 in Cape May). North Wildwood has the higher median household income ($85,812 vs $57,230 in Cape May). Cape May has the higher median home value ($823,800 vs $446,400 in North Wildwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cape May	North Wildwood
Population	2,789	3,620
Median age	54.4 yrs	63.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,230	$85,812
Median home value	$823,800	$446,400
Median gross rent	$1,013	$1,228
Housing units	3,898	8,427
Homeownership rate	63.0%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape May	North Wildwood
Population	3,463 → 2,789 (-19.5%)	3,812 → 3,620 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$55,700 → $57,230 (+2.7%)	$50,422 → $85,812 (+70.2%)
Median home value	$652,900 → $823,800 (+26.2%)	$354,000 → $446,400 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,009 → $1,013 (+0.4%)	$991 → $1,228 (+23.9%)

Cape May

Population

3,4632,789

Median household income

$55,700$57,230

Median home value

$652,900$823,800

Median gross rent

$1,009$1,013

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	North Wildwood
Under 5	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	6.9%
18 to 24	12.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.6%	6.3%
35 to 44	10.3%	3.8%
45 to 54	4.8%	7.2%
55 to 64	17.8%	22.5%
65 to 74	21.3%	29.8%
75 and over	10.5%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape May	North Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	91.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape May	North Wildwood
No high school diploma	3.3%	4.9%
High school graduate	17.4%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape May	North Wildwood
Drove alone	72.3%	75.9%
Carpooled	3.7%	9.2%
Public transit	0.1%	1.6%
Walked	9.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	5.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.4%	7.9%
Other means	1.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape May	North Wildwood
1-unit, detached	51.5%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	29.6%	41.7%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	8.2%
20 or more units	5.5%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cape May	North Wildwood
Poverty rate	7.5%	9.9%
Average household size	1.90	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	18	38
Median year structure built	1971	1972