Código postal 08204 — Cape May, NJ

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El código postal 08204 cubre Cape May, New Jersey, con una población de unos 16,890 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $80,782.

Población: 16,890826 per square mile
Edad media: 52.213.5 points above the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $80,78220% below the New Jersey median
Tasa de pobreza: 7.9%4.5 points below the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $733,771up 37.7% in five years
Alquiler medio: $1,14930% below the New Jersey median
Título universitario o superior: 38.4%3.4 points above the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 78.9%13.9 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 615

Dónde está 08204

Cape May, New Jersey — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	16,890
Edad media	52.2
Hogares familiares	58.1%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	4.1%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	6.6%
Blanca (no hispana)	88.4%
Negra (no hispana)	1.4%
Asiática (no hispana)	0.8%
Hispana o latina	5.2%
Veteranos	7.7%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$80,782
Ingreso por persona	$50,914
Tasa de pobreza	7.9%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	6.2%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	3.3%
$10–15k	4.3%
$15–20k	2.0%
$20–25k	3.3%
$25–30k	6.0%
$30–35k	3.2%
$35–40k	3.4%
$40–45k	3.2%
$45–50k	2.8%
$50–60k	7.2%
$60–75k	8.5%
$75–100k	13.1%
$100–125k	12.2%
$125–150k	6.7%
$150–200k	10.6%
$200k or more	10.2%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Declaraciones presentadas	8,920
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$90,878
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	7.5%
Returns, under $25k	26.5%
Returns, $25k–$50k	22.3%
Returns, $50k–$75k	15.2%
Returns, $75k–$100k	9.8%
Returns, $100k–$200k	18.7%
Returns, $200k or more	7.5%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$399,200
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,149
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	28.3%
Ocupada por su propietario	78.9%
Viviendas vacías	38.2%
Año medio de construcción	1975

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	74.6%
Casa adosada	12.4%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	4.4%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	2.8%
20 o más viviendas	3.6%
Casa móvil	2.1%

Precios y alquileres actuales

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$733,771as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 7%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 37.7%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 112.9%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$164,232 in 2000 to $733,771 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	5.8%
Licenciatura o superior	38.4%
Bachillerato o superior	95.2%
Trabaja desde casa	8.6%
Conduce solo al trabajo	73%
Usa el transporte público	0.3%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	7.8%

Salud

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesidad	33.2% same as the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	11.6% same as the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	11.6% 1.6 pts below the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	38.9% 4.8 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	16.8% 3.5 pts below the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	7.7% 3.6 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	17.9% 4 pts below the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	22.5% 2.9 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	30.5% 5.4 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	15.2% 0.8 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	82.5% 7.8 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	11.9% 4.2 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	9.6% 0.8 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	7.8% 1.6 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	81.1% 4.4 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	91% 5.1 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	11.2% 3.6 pts below the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	72.5% 8.2 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	7.2% 0.6 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	67.9% 6.6 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	27.6% 3.1 pts below the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	20.3% 4.5 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	9.7% 7.4 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	6.1% 8.2 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	7.9% 1.2 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	46.2% 10 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	8% 5.8 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	7.1% 1.3 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	5.6% 3.6 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	27.4% 7 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	74.4% 1.5 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	14.4% 2.4 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	13.9% same as the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	13.7% same as the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	3.4% 0.6 pts below the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	4.9% 3.9 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	30.9% 5.5 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	3.9% 0.5 pts above the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	9.9% 3.1 pts below the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	4.3% 1.3 pts below the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	615
Personas empleadas	5,344
Nómina anual	$250,697,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 64.7% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Low to Relatively High en los 9 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	63.2 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	98.8 sobre 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Viento fuerte	95.1Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	87.6Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación costera	83.3Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	82.5Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	78Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	75.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	74.4Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	62.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	58Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	46.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	38.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	36.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	33.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	30.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	8.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con New Jersey y Estados Unidos

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	New Jersey	United States
Ingreso medio del hogar	$80,782	$101,050	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$50,914	$53,118	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	7.9%	9.8%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$399,200	$427,600	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,149	$1,653	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	78.9%	63.7%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	38.4%	42.9%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	5.8%	6.2%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	8.6%	15%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	4.1%	23.5%	13.9%
Edad media	52.2	40.1	38.7

Clima

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Estación meteorológica	CAPE MAY 2 NW, NJ US2.4 km away
Lluvia al año	44 in
Nieve al año	15 in

Average high and low by month

enero	43.3°F / 28.5°F3.22 in rain, 4.5 in snow
febrero	45.2°F / 29.4°F2.97 in rain, 5.7 in snow
marzo	51.7°F / 35.4°F4.1 in rain, 2.5 in snow
abril	61.8°F / 44.1°F3.34 in rain, 0.1 in snow
mayo	71.1°F / 53.5°F3.55 in rain
junio	80.1°F / 63°F3.53 in rain
julio	85.5°F / 68.3°F3.88 in rain
agosto	84.3°F / 67.2°F4.01 in rain
septiembre	78.6°F / 61.7°F3.76 in rain
octubre	67.9°F / 50.7°F4.17 in rain
noviembre	56.9°F / 40.6°F3.29 in rain
diciembre	48.1°F / 33°F4.02 in rain, 2 in snow

Acceso a alimentos

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Lejos de un supermercado	57% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	29% of this ZIP code's area

Distritos escolares

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

This ZIP code is served by 5 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Lower Cape May Regional School District	48.3% de la superficie de este código postal
Lower Township School District	39.1% de la superficie de este código postal
Cape May City School District	6.2% de la superficie de este código postal
Middle Township School District	3.4% de la superficie de este código postal
West Cape May Borough School District	3% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Vulnerabilidad social general	43más vulnerable que el 43% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	46más vulnerable que el 46% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	44más vulnerable que el 44% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	20más vulnerable que el 20% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	49más vulnerable que el 49% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	11.2 out of 20Above average

Códigos postales cercanos

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

08212 Cape May Point, NJ	a 5.4 km
08251 Villas, NJ	a 5.8 km
08242 Rio Grande, NJ	a 6.7 km
08260 Wildwood, NJ	a 7.7 km
08219 Green Creek, NJ	a 8.5 km
08252 Whitesboro, NJ	a 9.4 km
08245 South Dennis, NJ	a 15.6 km
08247 Stone Harbor, NJ	a 16.5 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Cape May County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	20.46 sq mi
Superficie de agua	3.32 sq mi
Densidad de población	826 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	38.9711, -74.9214

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.