Cape May vs Seaville

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

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

Cape May has the higher population (2,789 vs 2,678 in Seaville). Seaville has the higher median household income ($148,095 vs $57,230 in Cape May). Cape May has the higher median home value ($823,800 vs $437,300 in Seaville).

Population, income & housing

	Cape May	Seaville
Population	2,789	2,678
Median age	54.4 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,230	$148,095
Median home value	$823,800	$437,300
Median gross rent	$1,013	$1,943
Housing units	3,898	1,296
Homeownership rate	63.0%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	55.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape May	Seaville
Population	3,463 → 2,789 (-19.5%)	2,353 → 2,678 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$55,700 → $57,230 (+2.7%)	$115,385 → $148,095 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$652,900 → $823,800 (+26.2%)	$334,300 → $437,300 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,009 → $1,013 (+0.4%)	$1,116 → $1,943 (+74.1%)

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

Seaville

Population

2,3532,678

Median household income

$115,385$148,095

Median home value

$334,300$437,300

Median gross rent

$1,116$1,943

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape May	Seaville
Under 5	1.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	19.4%
18 to 24	12.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	4.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	17.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	21.3%	15.7%
75 and over	10.5%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape May	Seaville
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	98.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape May	Seaville
No high school diploma	3.3%	0.5%
High school graduate	17.4%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape May	Seaville
Drove alone	72.3%	86.2%
Carpooled	3.7%	4.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	9.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	9.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape May	Seaville
1-unit, detached	51.5%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	29.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	22.8%

Poverty & households

	Cape May	Seaville
Poverty rate	7.5%	2.2%
Average household size	1.90	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1971	1987