Dennisville vs West Cape May

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

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

West Cape May has the higher population (934 vs 667 in Dennisville). Dennisville has the higher median household income ($96,641 vs $79,375 in West Cape May). West Cape May has the higher median home value ($698,300 vs $290,700 in Dennisville).

Population, income & housing

	Dennisville	West Cape May
Population	667	934
Median age	44.8 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$96,641	$79,375
Median home value	$290,700	$698,300
Median gross rent	$1,132	$1,352
Housing units	344	1,032
Homeownership rate	84.3%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.2%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dennisville	West Cape May
Population	904 → 667 (-26.2%)	1,093 → 934 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$99,000 → $96,641 (-2.4%)	$87,188 → $79,375 (-9.0%)
Median home value	$289,700 → $290,700 (+0.3%)	$519,400 → $698,300 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,638 → $1,132 (-30.9%)	$1,000 → $1,352 (+35.2%)

Dennisville

Population

904667

Median household income

$99,000$96,641

Median home value

$289,700$290,700

Median gross rent

$1,638$1,132

West Cape May

Population

1,093934

Median household income

$87,188$79,375

Median home value

$519,400$698,300

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,352

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dennisville	West Cape May
Under 5	2.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	10.0%	11.5%
18 to 24	13.2%	4.2%
25 to 34	3.0%	7.9%
35 to 44	21.7%	6.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	16.8%	19.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	21.3%
75 and over	12.6%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dennisville	West Cape May
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
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	0.7%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dennisville	West Cape May
No high school diploma	10.1%	1.9%
High school graduate	27.5%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dennisville	West Cape May
Drove alone	80.4%	46.5%
Carpooled	11.9%	11.5%
Public transit	1.1%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	14.2%
Worked from home	6.6%	21.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dennisville	West Cape May
1-unit, detached	86.0%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Dennisville	West Cape May
Poverty rate	1.2%	4.7%
Average household size	2.15	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	27	14
Median year structure built	1965	1974