Cape May County, New Jersey (NJ)

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• • 77,89584.7%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 7,4008.0%Hispanic or Latino
  • 4,1204.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,5431.7%Two or more races
  • 8751.0%Asian alone
  • 1300.1%Some other race alone
  • 180.02%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $464,792

Here:	$464,792
State:	$433,865

Townhouses or other attached units: $532,081

Here:	$532,081
State:	$299,752

In 2-unit structures: $538,259

Here:	$538,259
State:	$377,644

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $490,076

Here:	$490,076
State:	$336,923

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $437,109

Here:	$437,109
State:	$336,746

Mobile homes: $148,581

Here:	$148,581
State:	$77,853

Health of residents in Cape May County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $4,674 (1.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $4,558 (1.3%)

Area name: Ocean City, NJ MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Cape May County is $636 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $800 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1048 a month.

Cities in this county include: Ocean City, Villas, Wildwood, North Wildwood, Cape May Court House, Cape May, Wildwood Crest, North Cape May, Sea Isle City, Woodbine.

Neighboring counties: Carroll County, Maryland , Chaffee County, Colorado , Grand County, Utah , Garrett County, Maryland , Clermont County, Ohio , Talbot County, Maryland , Monroe County, Indiana , Scioto County, Ohio .

Current college students: 3,466
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 93.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 32.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 4,440 (29.2% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 7302010 or later
• 1,3952000 to 2009
• 9191990 to 1999
• 4911980 to 1989
• 4701970 to 1979
• 1,469Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 23.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 72.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 51,951
• One, attached: 24,264
• Two: 6,569
• 3 or 4: 3,997
• 5 to 9: 3,097
• 10 to 19: 1,827
• 20 to 49: 2,525
• 50 or more: 2,606
• Mobile homes: 2,794

Housing units in Cape May County with a mortgage: 17,380 (200 second mortgage, 1,584 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 13,153

Religion statistics for Cape May County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Cape May County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• New Jersey Tropical Storm Isaias, Incident Period: August 4, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4574-NJ: December 11, 2020, FEMA Id: 4574, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• New Jersey Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4488-NJ: March 25, 2020, FEMA Id: 4488, Natural disaster type: Other
• New Jersey Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: January 22, 2016 to January 24, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4264: March 14, 2016, FEMA Id: 4264, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• New Jersey Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3354: October 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3354, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New Jersey Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4086: October 30, 2012, FEMA Id: 4086, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New Jersey Severe Storm, Incident Period: October 29, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4048: November 30, 2011, FEMA Id: 4048, Natural disaster type: Storm
• New Jersey Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 27, 2011 to September 05, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4021: August 31, 2011, FEMA Id: 4021, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New Jersey Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 26, 2011 to September 05, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3332: August 27, 2011, FEMA Id: 3332, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New Jersey Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: December 26, 2010 to December 27, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1954: February 04, 2011, FEMA Id: 1954, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• New Jersey Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: March 12, 2010 to April 15, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1897: April 02, 2010, FEMA Id: 1897, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 19 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.36% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($69,256 average adjusted gross income)

0.06% of residents moved from foreign countries ($247 average AGI)

Cape May County:	0.06%
New Jersey average:	0.04%

2.58% relocated from other counties in New Jersey ($36,255 average AGI)
2.72% relocated from other states ($32,754 average AGI)

Cape May County:	2.72%
New Jersey average:	2.27%

from Atlantic County, NJ	0.84% ($55,545 average AGI)
from Philadelphia County, PA	0.38% ($60,667)
from Camden County, NJ	0.37% ($97,832)
from Gloucester County, NJ	0.32% ($84,326)
from Cumberland County, NJ	0.28% ($47,823)
from Burlington County, NJ	0.24% ($132,747)
from Delaware County, PA	0.21% ($56,619)

5.68% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($61,971 average adjusted gross income)

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($260 average AGI)

Cape May County:	0.07%
New Jersey average:	0.07%

2.14% relocated to other counties in New Jersey ($19,843 average AGI)
3.47% relocated to other states ($41,867 average AGI)

Cape May County:	3.47%
New Jersey average:	2.98%

to Atlantic County, NJ	0.92% ($47,930 average AGI)
to Philadelphia County, PA	0.32% ($41,145)
to Gloucester County, NJ	0.21% ($61,798)
to Camden County, NJ	0.20% ($49,531)
to Cumberland County, NJ	0.19% ($43,169)
to Burlington County, NJ	0.17% ($84,348)
to Montgomery County, PA	0.14% ($49,898)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.8
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 5.2

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 13.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.7

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Cape May County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 19,707 (4,965 living alone), Female householders: 21,232 (7,189 living alone)

• 21,862 spouses (21,818 opposite-sex spouses), 2,718 unmarried partners, (2,685 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 18,860 children (18,021 natural, 379 adopted, 460 stepchildren), 3,141 grandchildren, 356 brothers or sisters, 367 parents, 38 foster children, 950 other relatives, 385 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 2,423

Size of family households: 13,863 2-persons, 6,083 3-persons, 3,674 4-persons, 1,848 5-persons, 857 6-persons, 467 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 12,154 1-person, 1,908 2-persons, 85 4-persons.

10,330 married couples with children.
2,433 single-parent households (169 men, 2,264 women).

91.7% of residents of Cape May speak English at home.
5.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $730,159,000 ($7,247 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $32,671,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $337,936,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $203,326,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,249,000
Federal grants: $82,992,000
Federal procurement contracts: $36,005,000 ($19,034,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $68,651,000 ($5,406,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $10,193,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $44,377,000
Federal Government insurance: $7,712,446,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-16 per 1000 residents
State:	-22 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 12.45 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Cape May County, New Jersey
• 3,9042014 or later
• 2,8502010 to 2013
• 14,6852000 to 2009
• 8,9391990 to 1999
• 15,4861980 to 1989
• 14,8871970 to 1979
• 9,5281960 to 1969
• 10,3891950 to 1959
• 3,9301940 to 1949
• 15,0321939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Cape May County, New Jersey

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cape May County, New Jersey
• 161 room
• 2532 rooms
• 5733 rooms
• 2,6414 rooms
• 5,2455 rooms
• 7,0526 rooms
• 5,2547 rooms
• 3,6728 rooms
• 5,8279+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cape May County, New Jersey
• 6561 room
• 5292 rooms
• 1,1383 rooms
• 2,3634 rooms
• 3,0595 rooms
• 1,4126 rooms
• 8567 rooms
• 2178 rooms
• 1769+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Cape May County, New Jersey

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Cape May County, New Jersey
• 124no bedroom
• 1,0861 bedroom
• 4,3372 bedrooms
• 15,3573 bedrooms
• 6,8764 bedrooms
• 2,7535+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cape May County, New Jersey
• 743no bedroom
• 1,6781 bedroom
• 4,3772 bedrooms
• 2,7613 bedrooms
• 8474 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Cape May County, New Jersey in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cape May County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 865no vehicle
• 10,6891 vehicle
• 12,2502 vehicles
• 4,4583 vehicles
• 1,7584 vehicles
• 5135+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cape May County in renter-occupied apartments
• 3,090no vehicle
• 3,9031 vehicle
• 3,0422 vehicles
• 3323 vehicles
• 394 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

88.6% of Cape May County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in New Jersey.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 47,846
• Other state: 38,447
• Northeast: 31,439
• Midwest: 1,781
• South: 3,947
• West: 1,280

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,491
• Number of aged recipients: 124
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,367
• Number of recipients under 18: 199
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,051
• Number of recipients older than 64: 241
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 611
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 620

Cape May County on our top lists:

• #15 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
• #15 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #27 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #27 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #57 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest average weight of females"
• #77 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"
• #93 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #95 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"