North Cape May vs Villas

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

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

Villas has the higher population (9,897 vs 3,577 in North Cape May). North Cape May has the higher median household income ($82,198 vs $74,203 in Villas). North Cape May has the higher median home value ($323,900 vs $290,000 in Villas).

Population, income & housing

	North Cape May	Villas
Population	3,577	9,897
Median age	58.2 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,198	$74,203
Median home value	$323,900	$290,000
Median gross rent	$1,331	$1,418
Housing units	2,997	6,392
Homeownership rate	77.6%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Cape May	Villas
Population	3,107 → 3,577 (+15.1%)	8,769 → 9,897 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$56,318 → $82,198 (+46.0%)	$55,273 → $74,203 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$234,500 → $323,900 (+38.1%)	$192,600 → $290,000 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,269 → $1,331 (+4.9%)	$1,176 → $1,418 (+20.6%)

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

Villas

Population

8,7699,897

Median household income

$55,273$74,203

Median home value

$192,600$290,000

Median gross rent

$1,176$1,418

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Cape May	Villas
Under 5	3.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	9.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	7.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	8.6%
55 to 64	22.7%	17.5%
65 to 74	18.7%	14.1%
75 and over	13.3%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Cape May	Villas
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	90.7%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Cape May	Villas
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.7%
High school graduate	43.2%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Cape May	Villas
Drove alone	75.9%	76.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	13.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.3%
Walked	2.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	4.4%
Other means	3.3%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Cape May	Villas
1-unit, detached	92.5%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Cape May	Villas
Poverty rate	4.7%	16.8%
Average household size	1.83	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1967	1968