With 3,077 people, Wildwood Crest is a city in New Jersey. At a median age of 63.7, this is an older place than the country as a whole. 81% of homes are owner-occupied. The foreign-born share is 1%. Home values have more than tripled since 2000, reaching $590,900. Households here earn about 33% less than in New Jersey as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $69,089, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 63.7
US median: 38.9
More educated
46% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 111%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Wildwood Crest
What changed most since 1990
Median age46.9 → 63.7(+16.8 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Homes owned by their occupants69.7% → 81.3%(+11.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Population3,631 → 3,077(−15%)US over the same years: +35%
Wildwood Crest's population equals 3.2% of Cape May County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.9% of the county's. Its number of residents 65 and older equals 4.9% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)5.7%(14)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era77.1%(189)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II3.3%(8)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 245 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Wildwood Crest, decade by decade
Wildwood Crest population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
3,631
$71,294
$394,091
20.5%
8.6
2000
3,980
$66,634
$280,171
26.4%
16.6
2010
3,270
$66,334
$573,127
30.1%
22.9
2020
3,101
$71,490
$474,634
42.4%
25.1
2024
3,077
$69,089
$590,900
45.8%
10.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
