North Cape May vs Ocean City

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

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

Ocean City has the higher population (11,260 vs 3,577 in North Cape May). Ocean City has the higher median household income ($101,782 vs $82,198 in North Cape May). Ocean City has the higher median home value ($719,100 vs $323,900 in North Cape May).

Population, income & housing

	North Cape May	Ocean City
Population	3,577	11,260
Median age	58.2 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,198	$101,782
Median home value	$323,900	$719,100
Median gross rent	$1,331	$1,670
Housing units	2,997	20,905
Homeownership rate	77.6%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	54.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Cape May	Ocean City
Population	3,107 → 3,577 (+15.1%)	11,132 → 11,260 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$56,318 → $82,198 (+46.0%)	$81,076 → $101,782 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$234,500 → $323,900 (+38.1%)	$574,100 → $719,100 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,269 → $1,331 (+4.9%)	$1,264 → $1,670 (+32.1%)

North Cape May

Population

3,1073,577

Median household income

$56,318$82,198

Median home value

$234,500$323,900

Median gross rent

$1,269$1,331

Ocean City

Population

11,13211,260

Median household income

$81,076$101,782

Median home value

$574,100$719,100

Median gross rent

$1,264$1,670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Cape May	Ocean City
Under 5	3.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	9.6%	13.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	7.1%
35 to 44	7.3%	7.4%
45 to 54	8.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	22.7%	18.4%
65 to 74	18.7%	18.8%
75 and over	13.3%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Cape May	Ocean City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	85.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Cape May	Ocean City
No high school diploma	5.9%	3.4%
High school graduate	43.2%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Cape May	Ocean City
Drove alone	75.9%	61.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.9%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	2.7%
Worked from home	12.5%	15.9%
Other means	3.3%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Cape May	Ocean City
1-unit, detached	92.5%	30.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	40.4%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	North Cape May	Ocean City
Poverty rate	4.7%	7.9%
Average household size	1.83	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	1967	1983