Cape May vs Wildwood Crest

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

Cape May 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.

Wildwood Crest has the higher population (3,094 vs 2,789 in Cape May). Wildwood Crest has the higher median household income ($82,143 vs $57,230 in Cape May). Cape May has the higher median home value ($823,800 vs $526,600 in Wildwood Crest).

Population, income & housing

	Cape May	Wildwood Crest
Population	2,789	3,094
Median age	54.4 yrs	61.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,230	$82,143
Median home value	$823,800	$526,600
Median gross rent	$1,013	$950
Housing units	3,898	5,654
Homeownership rate	63.0%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape May	Wildwood Crest
Population	3,463 → 2,789 (-19.5%)	3,096 → 3,094 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$55,700 → $57,230 (+2.7%)	$60,982 → $82,143 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$652,900 → $823,800 (+26.2%)	$447,800 → $526,600 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,009 → $1,013 (+0.4%)	$986 → $950 (-3.7%)

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

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	Wildwood Crest
Under 5	1.2%	1.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	7.3%
18 to 24	12.3%	2.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	5.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	7.7%
45 to 54	4.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	17.8%	22.8%
65 to 74	21.3%	23.7%
75 and over	10.5%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape May	Wildwood Crest
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	90.2%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape May	Wildwood Crest
No high school diploma	3.3%	2.7%
High school graduate	17.4%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape May	Wildwood Crest
Drove alone	72.3%	50.9%
Carpooled	3.7%	19.2%
Public transit	0.1%	1.8%
Walked	9.0%	9.8%
Bicycle	5.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	15.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape May	Wildwood Crest
1-unit, detached	51.5%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	29.6%	34.3%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	12.9%
20 or more units	5.5%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Cape May	Wildwood Crest
Poverty rate	7.5%	8.5%
Average household size	1.90	1.63
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1971	1968