Cape May County vs Hunterdon County

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

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

Hunterdon County has the higher population (129,448 vs 95,236 in Cape May County). Hunterdon County has the higher median household income ($139,453 vs $88,046 in Cape May County). Hunterdon County has the higher median home value ($498,800 vs $395,000 in Cape May County).

Population, income & housing

	Cape May County	Hunterdon County
Population	95,236	129,448
Median age	51.4 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,046	$139,453
Median home value	$395,000	$498,800
Median gross rent	$1,345	$1,707
Housing units	99,625	51,908
Homeownership rate	79.3%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	56.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape May County	Hunterdon County
Population	93,086 → 95,236 (+2.3%)	124,823 → 129,448 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$67,074 → $88,046 (+31.3%)	$115,379 → $139,453 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$300,500 → $395,000 (+31.4%)	$415,100 → $498,800 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,169 → $1,345 (+15.1%)	$1,446 → $1,707 (+18.0%)

Cape May County

Population

93,08695,236

Median household income

$67,074$88,046

Median home value

$300,500$395,000

Median gross rent

$1,169$1,345

Hunterdon County

Population

124,823129,448

Median household income

$115,379$139,453

Median home value

$415,100$498,800

Median gross rent

$1,446$1,707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape May County	Hunterdon County
Under 5	4.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	16.9%	17.4%
65 to 74	16.9%	12.1%
75 and over	11.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape May County	Hunterdon County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	81.1%
Black or African American	3.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape May County	Hunterdon County
No high school diploma	5.4%	4.2%
High school graduate	31.7%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape May County	Hunterdon County
Drove alone	73.7%	71.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	4.8%
Public transit	0.7%	1.7%
Walked	3.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.9%	19.7%
Other means	2.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape May County	Hunterdon County
1-unit, detached	52.3%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	25.5%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	5.5%
20 or more units	4.2%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Cape May County	Hunterdon County
Poverty rate	8.7%	3.8%
Average household size	2.11	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1980	1979