Palermo vs Wildwood Crest

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

Palermo 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 2,667 in Palermo). Palermo has the higher median household income ($98,000 vs $82,143 in Wildwood Crest). Wildwood Crest has the higher median home value ($526,600 vs $393,900 in Palermo).

Population, income & housing

	Palermo	Wildwood Crest
Population	2,667	3,094
Median age	43.7 yrs	61.0 yrs
Median household income	$98,000	$82,143
Median home value	$393,900	$526,600
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	1,259	5,654
Homeownership rate	98.1%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.9%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palermo	Wildwood Crest
Population	2,614 → 2,667 (+2.0%)	3,096 → 3,094 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$76,441 → $98,000 (+28.2%)	$60,982 → $82,143 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$317,900 → $393,900 (+23.9%)	$447,800 → $526,600 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$986 → $950 (-3.7%)

Palermo

Population

2,6142,667

Median household income

$76,441$98,000

Median home value

$317,900$393,900

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)

	Palermo	Wildwood Crest
Under 5	8.4%	1.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	7.3%
18 to 24	1.9%	2.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	5.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	7.7%
45 to 54	3.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	22.8%
65 to 74	17.0%	23.7%
75 and over	17.5%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palermo	Wildwood Crest
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palermo	Wildwood Crest
No high school diploma	1.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	29.8%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palermo	Wildwood Crest
Drove alone	84.0%	50.9%
Carpooled	2.1%	19.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	15.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palermo	Wildwood Crest
1-unit, detached	71.4%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	15.3%	34.3%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Palermo	Wildwood Crest
Poverty rate	1.7%	8.5%
Average household size	2.32	1.63
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1984	1968