Cape May vs Whitesboro

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

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

Whitesboro has the higher population (2,946 vs 2,789 in Cape May). Whitesboro has the higher median household income ($94,145 vs $57,230 in Cape May). Cape May has the higher median home value ($823,800 vs $242,100 in Whitesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Cape May	Whitesboro
Population	2,789	2,946
Median age	54.4 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,230	$94,145
Median home value	$823,800	$242,100
Median gross rent	$1,013	—
Housing units	3,898	1,410
Homeownership rate	63.0%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape May	Whitesboro
Population	3,463 → 2,789 (-19.5%)	2,837 → 2,946 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$55,700 → $57,230 (+2.7%)	$43,750 → $94,145 (+115.2%)
Median home value	$652,900 → $823,800 (+26.2%)	$162,000 → $242,100 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,009 → $1,013 (+0.4%)	—

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

Whitesboro

Population

2,8372,946

Median household income

$43,750$94,145

Median home value

$162,000$242,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape May	Whitesboro
Under 5	1.2%	8.6%
5 to 17	11.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	12.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	4.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	17.8%	18.0%
65 to 74	21.3%	6.7%
75 and over	10.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape May	Whitesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	43.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape May	Whitesboro
No high school diploma	3.3%	8.7%
High school graduate	17.4%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape May	Whitesboro
Drove alone	72.3%	62.4%
Carpooled	3.7%	16.1%
Public transit	0.1%	8.3%
Walked	9.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	9.9%
Other means	1.6%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape May	Whitesboro
1-unit, detached	51.5%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	29.6%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	27.7%

Poverty & households

	Cape May	Whitesboro
Poverty rate	7.5%	11.0%
Average household size	1.90	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1971	1981