Villas vs Wildwood

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

Villas and Wildwood 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 5,140 in Wildwood). Villas has the higher median household income ($74,203 vs $51,996 in Wildwood). Wildwood has the higher median home value ($361,200 vs $290,000 in Villas).

Population, income & housing

	Villas	Wildwood
Population	9,897	5,140
Median age	44.6 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,203	$51,996
Median home value	$290,000	$361,200
Median gross rent	$1,418	$1,255
Housing units	6,392	6,619
Homeownership rate	87.7%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Villas	Wildwood
Population	8,769 → 9,897 (+12.9%)	5,042 → 5,140 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$55,273 → $74,203 (+34.2%)	$41,888 → $51,996 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$192,600 → $290,000 (+50.6%)	$237,300 → $361,200 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,176 → $1,418 (+20.6%)	$1,096 → $1,255 (+14.5%)

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

Wildwood

Population

5,0425,140

Median household income

$41,888$51,996

Median home value

$237,300$361,200

Median gross rent

$1,096$1,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Villas	Wildwood
Under 5	4.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	12.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	8.6%	14.9%
55 to 64	17.5%	21.2%
65 to 74	14.1%	11.2%
75 and over	8.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Villas	Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	57.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	31.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Villas	Wildwood
No high school diploma	5.7%	11.2%
High school graduate	41.6%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Villas	Wildwood
Drove alone	76.3%	50.9%
Carpooled	13.1%	9.0%
Public transit	0.3%	2.1%
Walked	0.3%	23.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.4%	8.0%
Other means	5.7%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Villas	Wildwood
1-unit, detached	95.0%	22.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	32.2%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	25.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	13.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Villas	Wildwood
Poverty rate	16.8%	18.1%
Average household size	2.15	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1968	1971