Cost of living in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey
Wildwood Crest, New Jersey has about 3,077 people. Typical rent is $957 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $69,089 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $957 a month.
Wildwood Crest is a borough in New Jersey. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $69,089 a year.
- People
- 3,077
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $957
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $69,089
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $590,900
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,857
- Cape May County, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area
Wildwood Crest, New Jersey has about 3,077 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $590,900.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Cape May County is $1,857 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Wildwood Crest. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area, prices sit at 98.9 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
New Jersey taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.6% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Wildwood Crest's exact store tax.
In July 2026, a typical New Jersey home paid 25.19¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Wildwood Crest's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for New Jersey in the table we use.
Among 485 places we list in New Jersey with a rent figure, 479 have higher typical rent than Wildwood Crest.
Nearby places
- Wildwood
Typical rent $997
Compare with Wildwood Crest - North Wildwood
Typical rent $1,210
Compare with Wildwood Crest - Erma
Typical rent $1,530
Compare with Wildwood Crest - Cape May
Typical rent $1,013
Compare with Wildwood Crest - Rio Grande
Typical rent $1,305
Compare with Wildwood Crest - WhitesboroCompare with Wildwood Crest
- Villas
Typical rent $1,719
Compare with Wildwood Crest - North Cape May
Typical rent $1,709
Compare with Wildwood Crest
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.