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West Wildwood borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
West Wildwood borough is a Census borough of 588 people across 0.29 square miles of land, in Cape May County. Median household income is $74,432, 91.1 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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West Wildwood
What West Wildwood is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area0.29 sq mi
- Water area0.08 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,056 plus or minus 612
- County holding the largest share of its areaCape May County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Wildwood
How many people live in West Wildwood
- Population588 plus or minus 175
- Median age60.1
- Population under 18104 plus or minus 85
- Share under 1817.7 percent plus or minus 13.4
- Population 65 and over202 plus or minus 49
- Share 65 and over34.4 percent plus or minus 13.2
- Households271 plus or minus 70
- Family households201 plus or minus 59
- Share of households that are families74.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Wildwood
Income and work in West Wildwood
- Median household income$74,432 plus or minus $25,757
- Per capita income$40,936 plus or minus $9,567
- Civilian labor force262 plus or minus 89
- Employed223 plus or minus 81
- Unemployed39 plus or minus 34
- Unemployment rate14.9 percent plus or minus 12.0
- Adults 25 and over450 plus or minus 115
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.7 percent plus or minus 31.3
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher29.6 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.0 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Wildwood
Housing in West Wildwood
- Housing units908
- Occupied units271 plus or minus 70
- Vacant units637
- Vacancy rate70.2 percent
- Owner occupied247 plus or minus 70
- Renter occupied24 plus or minus 18
- Ownership rate91.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$400,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,225 plus or minus $755
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.7 percent plus or minus 14.0
- Single family units816
- Share single family89.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more92 plus or minus 45
- Share in buildings of two or more10.1 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1964
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Wildwood
How West Wildwood gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute191 plus or minus 77
- Commuting under 15 minutes66 plus or minus 42
- Share commuting under 15 minutes34.6 percent plus or minus 17.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more43 plus or minus 31
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more22.5 percent plus or minus 13.3
- Drove alone76.7 percent plus or minus 15.4
- Carpooled3.6 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Public transport0.9 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Walked4.5 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Worked from home14.3 percent plus or minus 9.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cape May County, not West Wildwood
Cape May County context, not West Wildwood figures
These are Cape May County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as West Wildwood measurements.
- Establishments in Cape May County3,816
- Employment at those establishments, Cape May County28,065
- Covered employment, Cape May County42,713
- Average annual pay, Cape May County$48,574
- Average weekly wage, Cape May County$934
- Housing units permitted, Cape May County895
- Of those, single family, Cape May County660
- County product, 2024, Cape May County$7,801,173,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cape May County5.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cape May County$141,294
Every figure in this section is published for Cape May County as a whole and is not a measurement of West Wildwood. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
West Wildwood questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in West Wildwood, New Jersey?
588, in 271 households. West Wildwood borough covers 0.29 square miles of land, which is 2,056 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is West Wildwood in?
Cape May County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in West Wildwood?
$74,432. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $400,800. Median gross rent is $1,225 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page West Wildwood figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cape May County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of West Wildwood.
Is zoning published for West Wildwood?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.