North Wildwood, New Jersey

North Wildwood population, 2020 to 2024

North Wildwood lost 61 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -30.

North Wildwood covers 1.73 square miles of land and 0.77 of water, for 2,055 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so North Wildwood is less dense than the typical town.

What county North Wildwood is in

All of North Wildwood's residents live in Cape May County, which had 93,875 residents in 2024. North Wildwood holds 3.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in North Wildwood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps North Wildwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 08260. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where North Wildwood is

The Census internal point of North Wildwood is at 39.005900, -74.797500. Trenton, the capital, is 84.0 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wildwood, NJ (5,098 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 71.6 miles away.

Daylight in North Wildwood

At 39.01° N, North Wildwood gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near North Wildwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Wildwood, 1.7 miles away, with 5,098 people.