New Jersey · Census place 3481200
Wildwood Crest, New Jersey
Wildwood Crest is a borough in Cape May County, New Jersey with an estimated 3,036 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 236th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,036
- #236 of 294 in New Jersey
- Change since 2020
- -1.9%
- -60 people
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- + 0.19 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,335 / sq mi
- State median 4,474
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Wildwood Crest population, 2020 to 2024
Wildwood Crest lost 60 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by -28.
Wildwood Crest covers 1.30 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 2,335 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Wildwood Crest is less dense than the typical town.
What county Wildwood Crest is in
All of Wildwood Crest's residents live in Cape May County, which had 93,875 residents in 2024. Wildwood Crest holds 3.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wildwood Crest
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wildwood Crest by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough'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 borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Wildwood Crest is
The Census internal point of Wildwood Crest is at 38.971500, -74.837300. Trenton, the capital, is 86.4 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wildwood, NJ (5,098 people), 1.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 73.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.971500, -74.837300
- DMS
- 38°58'17.40"N 74°50'14.28"W
- UTM
- 18N 514094.1E 4313626.5N
- Geohash
- dqfv9n91k
- Plus code
- 87C7X5C7+H3
Daylight in Wildwood Crest
At 38.97° N, Wildwood Crest gets about 14 h 54 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 Wildwood Crest
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Wildwood, 1.5 miles away, with 5,098 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wildwood Crest, NJ?
3,036 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 60 (1.9%) from 3,096 in July 2020.
What county is Wildwood Crest in?
Cape May County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wildwood Crest?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08260.
How far is Wildwood Crest from Trenton?
86.4 miles (139.1 km) in a straight line, heading N from Wildwood Crest.
What is the nearest larger city to Wildwood Crest?
Wildwood, NJ, with 5,098 residents, 1.5 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.