Wildwood vs Wildwood Crest

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

Wildwood 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 has the higher population (5,140 vs 3,094 in Wildwood Crest). Wildwood Crest has the higher median household income ($82,143 vs $51,996 in Wildwood). Wildwood Crest has the higher median home value ($526,600 vs $361,200 in Wildwood).

Population, income & housing

	Wildwood	Wildwood Crest
Population	5,140	3,094
Median age	47.7 yrs	61.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,996	$82,143
Median home value	$361,200	$526,600
Median gross rent	$1,255	$950
Housing units	6,619	5,654
Homeownership rate	37.3%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wildwood	Wildwood Crest
Population	5,042 → 5,140 (+1.9%)	3,096 → 3,094 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$41,888 → $51,996 (+24.1%)	$60,982 → $82,143 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$237,300 → $361,200 (+52.2%)	$447,800 → $526,600 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,096 → $1,255 (+14.5%)	$986 → $950 (-3.7%)

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

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)

	Wildwood	Wildwood Crest
Under 5	3.7%	1.0%
5 to 17	12.5%	7.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	2.8%
25 to 34	11.2%	5.1%
35 to 44	9.3%	7.7%
45 to 54	14.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	21.2%	22.8%
65 to 74	11.2%	23.7%
75 and over	6.7%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wildwood	Wildwood Crest
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	90.2%
Black or African American	7.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	31.7%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wildwood	Wildwood Crest
No high school diploma	11.2%	2.7%
High school graduate	46.9%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wildwood	Wildwood Crest
Drove alone	50.9%	50.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	19.2%
Public transit	2.1%	1.8%
Walked	23.4%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	3.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	15.2%
Other means	6.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wildwood	Wildwood Crest
1-unit, detached	22.3%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	32.2%	34.3%
2 to 4 units	25.0%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	12.9%
20 or more units	7.4%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Wildwood	Wildwood Crest
Poverty rate	18.1%	8.5%
Average household size	1.96	1.63
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1971	1968