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Wildwood city, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Wildwood city is a Census city of 5,130 people across 1.54 square miles of land, in Cape May County. Median household income is $75,222, 43.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 44 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $46.6 m.
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Wildwood
What Wildwood is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.54 sq mi
- Water area0.11 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,330
- 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.
Wildwood
How many people live in Wildwood
- Population5,130
- Median age45.2
- Population under 18669 plus or minus 196
- Share under 1813.0 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Population 65 and over930
- Share 65 and over18.1 percent
- Households2,646
- Family households1,520
- Share of households that are families57.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wildwood
Income and work in Wildwood
- Median household income$75,222 plus or minus $21,056
- Per capita income$50,752
- Civilian labor force3,021
- Employed2,796
- Unemployed225 plus or minus 126
- Unemployment rate7.4 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Adults 25 and over4,004
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.6 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.7 percent plus or minus 5.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wildwood
Housing in Wildwood
- Housing units6,553
- Occupied units2,646
- Vacant units3,907
- Vacancy rate59.6 percent
- Owner occupied1,151
- Renter occupied1,495
- Ownership rate43.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$391,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$997 plus or minus $233
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.9 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Single family units3,549
- Share single family54.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,004
- Share in buildings of two or more45.8 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wildwood
How Wildwood gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,354
- Commuting under 15 minutes679 plus or minus 271
- Share commuting under 15 minutes28.8 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more663 plus or minus 203
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.2 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Drove alone57.1 percent
- Carpooled11.1 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Public transport1.8 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Walked11.6 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Worked from home15.2 percent plus or minus 7.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wildwood
SBA loans in Wildwood (7(a))
- Approvals44
- Gross approval$46,620,200
- Average approval$1,059,550
- Median approval$771,400
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,650,000
- Largest approval$4,400,000
- Jobs supported629
- Jobs per approval14.3
- Loans with a final outcome20
- Paid in full19
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans5.0 percent
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more56.8 percent
- Share to franchises9.1 percent
- Distinct lenders24
- Distinct industries by NAICS16
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Wildwood
SBA loans in Wildwood (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$4,998,000
- Average approval$1,249,500
- Median approval$1,317,000
- Largest approval$2,815,000
- Jobs supported44
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Cape May County, not Wildwood
Cape May County context, not 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 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 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.
- 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
Wildwood questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wildwood, New Jersey?
5,130, in 2,646 households. Wildwood city covers 1.54 square miles of land, which is 3,330 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is 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 Wildwood?
$75,222. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $391,300. Median gross rent is $997 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wildwood businesses?
44 7(a) approvals totalling $46.6 m, across 24 lenders, median approval $771,400, plus 4 504 approvals worth $5.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wildwood, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wildwood borrowers get paid back?
Of the 20 loans that have reached a final outcome, 19 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 5.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page 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 Wildwood.
Is zoning published for Wildwood?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.