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Population (year 2000): 5,436. Estimated
population in July 2005: 5,291 (-2.7% change)
Males: 2,657 (48.9%), Females: 2,779 (51.1%)
Cape May County
Median resident age: 35.5 years
Median household income: $23,981 (year 2000)
Median house value: $84,000 (year 2000)
Races in Wildwood:
- White Non-Hispanic (63.5%)
- Hispanic (17.6%)
- Black (16.6%)
- Other race (8.8%)
- Two or more races (2.9%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Irish (22.0%), Italian (15.3%),
German (11.8%), English (5.7%), Polish (4.1%), French (2.1%).
Elevation: 8 feet
Land area: 1.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Wildwood
- High school or higher: 66.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.8%
- Unemployed: 21.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Wildwood city
- Never married: 31.2%
- Now married: 42.6%
- Separated: 4.5%
- Widowed: 11.3%
- Divorced: 10.4%
4.6% Foreign born (2.9% Latin America, 0.8%
Europe, 0.5% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +898 (+19.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Wildwood:
- BURDETE TOMLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 7 miles;
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NJ)
- SHORE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 28 miles; SOMERS
POINT, NJ)
- BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER (about 29 miles; LEWES, DE)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Wildwood:
- ATLANTIC CITY INTERNATIONAL (about 37 miles;
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ; ID: ACY)
- DOVER AFB (about 45 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: DOV)
- SALISBURY-OCEAN CITY WICOMICO REGIONAL (about 66
miles; SALISBURY, MD; ID: SBY)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wildwood:
- CAPE MAY COUNTY (about 6 miles; WILDWOOD, NJ; ID:
WWD)
- WOODBINE MUNI (about 16 miles; WOODBINE, NJ; ID:
1N4)
- OCEAN CITY MUNI (about 24 miles; OCEAN CITY, NJ; ID:
26N)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Wildwood:
- ATLANTIC CAPE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 34 miles;
MAYS LANDING, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 3,086)
- THE RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY (about 39
miles; POMONA, NJ; FT enrollment: 5,526)
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE-OWENS
(about 46 miles; GEORGETOWN, DE; FT enrollment: 2,053)
- DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles; Dover,
DE; FT enrollment: 2,641)
- ROWAN UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles; GLASSBORO, NJ; FT
enrollment: 7,587)
- GLOUCESTER COUNTY COLLEGE (about 56 miles; SEWELL,
NJ; FT enrollment: 3,135)
- CAMDEN COUNTY COLLEGE (about 58 miles; BLACKWOOD,
NJ; FT enrollment: 7,662)
Public high school in Wildwood:
- WILDWOOD HIGH (Students: 315; Location: 4300
PACIFIC AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Wildwood:
- GLENWOOD AVE (Students: 367; Location:
GLENWOOD & NEW YORK AVE; Grades: PK - 04)
- ELEMENTARY #1 SCHOOL (Students: 221;
Location: 4300 PACIFIC AVE.; Grades: 05 - 08)
Private primary/middle school in Wildwood:
- ST ANN REGIONAL SCHOOL (Students: 328;
Location: 2901 NEW JERSEY AVENUE; Grades: KG - 8)
Library in Wildwood:
- WILDWOOD CREST (Operating income: $114,522;
Location: 6301 OCEAN AVENUE; 21,762 books; 609 audio
materials; 674 video materials; 56 serial subscriptions)
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