Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $3,137 (1.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $2,802 (0.9%)
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
, Erlton-Ellisburg
, Wildwood
, North Wildwood
, Cape May Court House
, Cape May
, Wildwood Crest
, North Cape May
, Sea Isle City
.
Neighboring
counties: Atlantic County
, Cumberland County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Cape May County: Avalon
Yacht Club
(A),
Interchange Number 12
(B),
Seaville Camp
(C),
Reubens Wharf
(D),
Cold Spring Harbor Dock
(E),
Mosquito Landing
(F),
Cresthaven County Home
(G)
Churches in Cape May County include: Fishing
Creek Church
(A),
Asbury Church
(B),
Cold Spring Church
(C),
Seaville Church
(D),
Trinity Church
(E),
Wesley Church
(F),
Palermo Church
(G),
Saint Elizabeths Church
(H)
Cemeteries: Seaside
Cemetery
(1),
Woodland Cemetery
(2),
John Wesley Cemetery
(3)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Kay
Pond
(A),
Daveys Lake
(B),
Lighthouse Pond
(C),
Little Sound
(D),
North Channel Pond
(E),
Clint Millpond
(F),
Pierces Point Pond
(G),
Miller Pond
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Stab
Creek
(A),
Back Run
(B),
Banks Creek
(C),
Jug Creek
(D),
Jacobs Creek
(E),
Ben Elders Creek
(F),
Bennett Creek
(G),
Big Elder Creek
(H),
Maple Swamp
(I)
Parks in Cape May County include: Dennis
Creek Fish and Wildlife Management Area
(1),
Cape May County Park
(2),
Beaver Swamp Fish and Wildlife Management Area
(3)
Beaches: Sunray
Beach
(A),
Higbee Beach
(B),
Two Mile Beach
(C),
Sunset Beach
(D)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
4.0% | | New
Jersey: | 4.1% |
Current college students: 3,466
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 22.0%
Number of foreign born residents: 3,288 (61% naturalized citizens)
| Cape
May County: |
3.2% | | Whole
state: | 17.5% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 342
- 1990
to 1994: 516
- 1985
to 1989: 281
- 1980
to 1984: 210
- 1975
to 1979: 186
- 1970
to 1974: 284
- 1970
to 1974: 228
- 1965
to 1969: 1,241
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Mean travel time to work: 23.2 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 72.2%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 46,991
- One,
attached: 8,301
- Two:
15,804
- 3
or 4: 5,983
- 5
to 9: 4,021
- 10
to 19: 2,412
- 20
or more: 4,714
- Mobile
homes: 2,807
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 14
Housing units in Cape May County with a mortgage: 16,413 (1,632 second mortgage, 2,677 home equity loan, 51 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,204 Agriculture
in Cape May County
Average size of farms: 51 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $57110
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $2768.19
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 83.91%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 4.36%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $32010
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 38.73%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 45.41%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $31825
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 88.32%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 0.85
Soybeans for beans: 400 harvested acres
Vegetables: 395 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 28 acresCape
May County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below New Jersey state average. It is 2.4 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one injury recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 9/6/1979, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(15%)
- Accommodation
and food services (10%)
- Public
administration (9%)
- Arts,
entertainment, and recreation (7%)
- Educational
services (6%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Health
care (4%)
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Most
common industries for females:
|
- Health
care (18%)
- Educational
services (14%)
- Accommodation
and food services (13%)
- Public
administration (6%)
- Arts,
entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Food
and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males
|
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Carpenters
(4%)
- Law
enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (3%)
|
Most
common occupations for females
|
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters
and waitresses (5%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Cashiers
(5%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- United
Kingdom (11%)
- Italy
(11%)
- Germany
(10%)
- Philippines
(8%)
- Mexico
(7%)
- India
(5%)
- Greece
(4%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Cape May County:
|
- Irish
(23%)
- Italian
(17%)
- German
(16%)
- English
(9%)
- United
States or American (6%)
- Polish
(4%)
- Scotch-Irish
(2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 35,252 (80%)
- Carpooled:
4,142 (9%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 741 (2%)
- Subway
or elevated: 5 (0%)
- Railroad:
43 (0%)
- Taxi:
21 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
34 (0%)
- Bicycle:
341 (1%)
- Walked:
1,900 (4%)
- Other
means: 286 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 1,257 (3%)
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People
in group quarters in Cape May County, New Jersey
- 1071
people in nursing homes
- 570
people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 320
people in military barracks, etc.
- 174
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 134
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 129
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 97
people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 50
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 34
people in religious group quarters
- 33
people in military ships
- 32
people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 12
people in homes for the mentally ill
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $61,585.
5.80% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($60,114 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.80% | | New
Jersey average: | 6.12% |
0.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($338 average AGI)
| Cape
May County: |
0.10% | | New
Jersey average: | 0.14% |
2.57% relocated from other counties in New Jersey ($27,001 average AGI)
3.13% relocated from other states ($32,775 average AGI)
| Cape
May County: |
3.13% | | New
Jersey average: |
2.46% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Atlantic County, NJ
|
0.85% ($46,122 average AGI) |
| from
Philadelphia County, PA
|
0.55% ($57,876) |
| from
Camden County, NJ
|
0.42% ($68,377) |
| from
Delaware County, PA
|
0.28% ($58,330) |
| from
Gloucester County, NJ
|
0.27% ($63,710) |
| from
Burlington County, NJ
|
0.27% ($92,374) |
| from
Bucks County, PA
|
0.22% ($88,116) |
6.64% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($57,154 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.64% | | New
Jersey average: | 6.89% |
0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($352 average AGI)
| Cape
May County: |
0.07% | | New
Jersey average: | 0.09% |
3.07% relocated to other counties in New Jersey ($24,161 average AGI)
3.50% relocated to other states ($32,641 average AGI)
| Cape
May County: |
3.50% | | New
Jersey average: |
3.32% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Atlantic County, NJ
|
1.52% ($54,812 average AGI) |
| to
Cumberland County, NJ
|
0.44% ($49,600) |
| to
Camden County, NJ
|
0.32% ($47,339) |
| to
Philadelphia County, PA
|
0.28% ($64,964) |
| to
Gloucester County, NJ
|
0.26% ($58,771) |
| to
Montgomery County, PA
|
0.16% ($70,968) |
| to
Delaware County, PA
|
0.15% ($79,339) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.1
Births
per 1000 population in Cape May County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.2
Deaths
per 1000 population in Cape May County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.8
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Cape May County
|
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 22,252 (19,628 aged, 2,624 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 99,675
- In
family households: 82,645 (20,974 male householders, 6,495 female householders)
21,988
spouses, 27,296 children (25,279 natural, 675 adopted, 1,342 stepchildren), 1,542 grandchildren, 624 brothers or sisters, 797 parents, 1,253 other relatives, 1,676 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 17,030 (5,906 male householders (4,756 living alone)), 8,765 female householders (7,950 living alone)), 2,359 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 2,651 (1,910 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 13,403 2-persons, 5,529 3-persons, 4,939 4-persons, 2,460 5-persons, 722 6-persons, 416 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 12,706 1-person, 1,701 2-persons, 200 3-persons, 43 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 11 6-persons.
15,241 married couples with children.
5,503 single-parent households (1,174 men, 4,329 women).
93.4% of residents of Cape May County speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 20% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $730,159,000 ($7247 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:
Births: 5,232
| Here: |
53 per 1000 residents | | State: | 69
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 6,819
| Here: |
69 per 1000 residents | | State: |
44 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +305
| Here: |
+3 per 1000 residents | | State: | +33
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -1,595
| Here: |
-16 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-22 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Cape May County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 12.45 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 2,052
- 1995
to 1998: 4,938
- 1990
to 1994: 5,645
- 1980
to 1989: 16,855
- 1970
to 1979: 15,791
- 1960
to 1969: 12,669
- 1950
to 1959: 12,849
- 1940
to 1949: 7,206
- 1939
or earlier: 13,042
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Cape May County, New Jersey: |
- 1
room: 27
- 2
rooms: 235
- 3
rooms: 725
- 4
rooms: 3,356
- 5
rooms: 6,318
- 6
rooms: 7,355
- 7
rooms: 5,331
- 8
rooms: 3,682
- 9
or more rooms: 4,270
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Cape May County, New Jersey: |
- 1
room: 442
- 2
rooms: 840
- 3
rooms: 1,831
- 4
rooms: 2,815
- 5
rooms: 2,561
- 6
rooms: 1,283
- 7
rooms: 598
- 8
rooms: 207
- 9
or more rooms: 272
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Cape May County:
|
- no
bedroom: 56
- 1
bedroom: 1,065
- 2
bedrooms: 7,045
- 3
bedrooms: 14,862
- 4
bedrooms: 6,189
- 5
or more bedrooms: 2,082
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Cape May County:
|
- no
bedroom: 507
- 1
bedroom: 2,379
- 2
bedrooms: 4,412
- 3
bedrooms: 2,801
- 4
bedrooms: 557
- 5
or more bedrooms: 193
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Cape May County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 1,612
- 1
vehicle: 12,033
- 2
vehicles: 13,382
- 3
vehicles: 3,278
- 4
vehicles: 816
- 5
or more vehicles: 178
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in Cape May County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 2,533
- 1
vehicle: 5,485
- 2
vehicles: 2,422
- 3
vehicles: 323
- 4
vehicles: 31
- 5
or more vehicles: 55
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62% of Cape May County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in New Jersey.
| Cape
May County: |
61.7% | | State
average: | 62.3% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 48542
- Northeast:
40321
- Midwest:
1797
- South:
5702
- West:
1267
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $102,600 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Year
Householders Moved Into Unit:
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (48%)
- Electricity
(23%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Wood
(1%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (45%)
- Electricity
(34%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
|
Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,261
| Here: |
10.9% | | New
Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 635
| Here: |
11.8% | | New
Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 622
| Here: |
22.0% | | New
Jersey: | 30.1% |
Cape
May County government finances in 2004:
-
Charges - Air Transportation: $37,000
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $22,385,000
- Charges
- All Other: $9,276,000
Elementary & Secondary Education School Lunch: $576,000
Elementary & Secondary Education School Tuition: $495,000
Parks & Recreation: $331,000
Elementary & Secondary Education - Other: $0
- Construction
- General: $8,922,000
Regular Highways: $6,233,000
General Public Buildings: $1,352,000
Health - Other: $686,000
Police Protection: $190,000
Parks & Recreation: $29,000
Elementary & Secondary Education: $5,000
Higher Education - Other: $0
- Current
Operations - General - Other: $31,185,000
Elementary & Secondary Education: $26,791,000
Welfare - Other: $13,839,000
Health Services - Other: $7,043,000
Corrections - Other: $6,435,000
Libraries: $4,668,000
General Public Buildings: $4,450,000
Regular Highways: $3,670,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $3,604,000
Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $3,119,000
Central Staff Services: $2,567,000
Parks & Recreation: $2,215,000
Financial Administration: $1,956,000
Police Protection: $1,844,000
Natural Resources - Other: $699,000
Solid Waste Management: $616,000
Fire Protection: $117,000
Air Transportation: $35,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $34,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $1,734,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - Natural Resources: $4,000
- Intergovernmental
to State - Hospitals: $1,827,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - Education: $9,536,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, Education, NEC: $22,804,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $13,259,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Higher Education: $13,160,000
Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $10,029,000
Full Faith & Credit - Elementary & Secondary Education: $6,944,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $3,230,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $2,000,000
Higher Education: $700,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $1,562,000
Interest Earnings: $651,000
Rents: $400,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - General - Other: $1,186,000
Financial Administration: $606,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $435,000
Welfare - Other: $161,000
Health - Other: $44,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $36,823,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $12,764,000
All Other: $8,358,000
Health & Hospitals: $5,161,000
Education: $3,156,000
Highways: $252,000
- Tax
- Property: $75,414,000
NEC: $535,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $48,927,000
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