Ocean View vs West Cape May

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

Ocean View 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 877 in Ocean View). Ocean View has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $79,375 in West Cape May). West Cape May has the higher median home value ($698,300 vs $371,600 in Ocean View).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean View	West Cape May
Population	877	934
Median age	51.7 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$85,000	$79,375
Median home value	$371,600	$698,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,352
Housing units	294	1,032
Homeownership rate	89.1%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean View	West Cape May
Population	612 → 877 (+43.3%)	1,093 → 934 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$87,550 → $85,000 (-2.9%)	$87,188 → $79,375 (-9.0%)
Median home value	$263,600 → $371,600 (+41.0%)	$519,400 → $698,300 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,000 → $1,352 (+35.2%)

Ocean View

Population

612877

Median household income

$87,550$85,000

Median home value

$263,600$371,600

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)

	Ocean View	West Cape May
Under 5	1.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	11.5%
18 to 24	11.9%	4.2%
25 to 34	2.1%	7.9%
35 to 44	7.2%	6.2%
45 to 54	14.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	16.5%	19.4%
65 to 74	14.7%	21.3%
75 and over	15.3%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean View	West Cape May
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	87.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	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	10.7%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean View	West Cape May
No high school diploma	7.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	37.8%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean View	West Cape May
Drove alone	71.6%	46.5%
Carpooled	28.4%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	14.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	21.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean View	West Cape May
1-unit, detached	100.0%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	Ocean View	West Cape May
Poverty rate	2.7%	4.7%
Average household size	2.82	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	16	14
Median year structure built	1978	1974