Cost of living in Cape May County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,857 a month.
That HUD number covers Cape May County, New Jersey, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,512
- 1 bed
- $1,521
- 2 bed
- $1,857
- 3 bed
- $2,431
- 4 bed
- $2,441
This county is in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 98.9 (U.S. = 100).
SNAP income limit in New Jersey · Medicaid eligibility
Towns in this county
- Ocean City · 11,261 people
- Villas · 9,735 people
- Cape May Court House · 5,628 people
- Wildwood · 5,130 people
- North Cape May · 3,731 people
- North Wildwood · 3,602 people
- Rio Grande · 3,485 people
- Wildwood Crest · 3,077 people
- Cape May · 2,767 people
- Whitesboro · 2,766 people
- Palermo · 2,696 people
- Seaville · 2,589 people
- Marmora · 2,039 people
- Woodbine · 2,023 people
- Sea Isle City · 2,000 people
- Erma · 1,959 people
- South Dennis · 1,528 people
- Avalon · 1,488 people