Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety57#6,649/15,637
Economy3#15,132/15,631
Housing9#13,648/14,977
Health18#12,792/15,609
Healthcare36#10,009/15,650
Environment57#6,615/15,453
Education40#9,449/15,649
Infrastructure50#7,756/15,650
Community86#2,190/15,651
Leisure & amenities100#64/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Woodbine, New Jersey ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Cape May County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Restaurants and bars · high32.0 /10k
100/100New Jersey 8.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCape May County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high16.3 /10k
98/100New Jersey 4.6 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCape May County value
Pharmacies · high3.3 /10k
98/100New Jersey 2.4 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCape May County value
Students per teacher · low10.2×
97/100New Jersey 12.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsCape May County value
Public transit commuters · high7.1%
96/100New Jersey 8.1%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.3 /10k
95/100New Jersey 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCape May County value

Weaknesses

Poverty rate · high30.3%
4/100New Jersey 9.2%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Lack of reliable transportation · high15.8%
7/100New Jersey 7.8%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Food insecurity · high31.6%
7/100New Jersey 15.0%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Adult smoking · high21.7%
7/100New Jersey 11.3%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Poor or fair health · high29.2%
7/100New Jersey 15.8%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult obesity · high43.6%
8/100New Jersey 29.7%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
2,341 (2015-2019) → 2,023 (2020-2024)
−14%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.3% (2015-2019) → 95.5% (2020-2024)
+22 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
60.3% (2015-2019) → 80.5% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.4 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateWorsening
36.2% (2015-2019) → 45.5% (2020-2024)
+9.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Average commute timeWorsening
17.1 min (2015-2019) → 24.5 min (2020-2024)
+43%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Woodbine, New Jersey improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

High school++20 points60.3% → 80.5%
Broadband+22 points73.3% → 95.5%
Bachelor's++4.7 points6.6% → 11.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Woodbine, New Jersey between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	17.1 min2015-2019	24.5 min2020-2024	+7.3 min	Within the margin of error	5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%2015-2019	11.3%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Improved	65%
Broadband subscriptions	73.3%2015-2019	95.5%2020-2024	+22 points	Improved	93%
Child poverty rate	36.2%2015-2019	45.5%2020-2024	+9.3 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Effective property tax rate	1.75%2015-2019	1.35%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	84%
High school diploma or higher	60.3%2015-2019	80.5%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	100%
Home price to income ratio	4.1×2015-2019	4.7×2020-2024	+0.6×	Within the margin of error	40%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4382015-2019	0.4422020-2024	+0.004	Within the margin of error	47%
Median household income	$39,6152015-2019	$46,0782020-2024	+16%	Within the margin of error	26%
Poverty rate	26.1%2015-2019	30.3%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Rent as share of income	40.0%2015-2019	32.1%2020-2024	−7.9 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Rent-burdened households	56.8%2015-2019	64.4%2020-2024	+7.6 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Unemployment rate	8.7%2015-2019	7.3%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.3%2015-2019	7.6%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	32%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Woodbine, New Jersey five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Woodbine, New Jersey in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Woodbine, New Jersey itself moved +5 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,023 residents (±238)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 60–69 women (+6.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,023 residents (±238)

Woodbine, New Jersey
New Jersey share

White49%990
Black17%†339
Hispanic or Latino26%532

Education

1,410 residents (±203)

Woodbine, New Jersey
New Jersey share

No high school diploma20%†275
High school or GED39%552
Some college21%†301

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

764 households (±137)

Woodbine, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $25k20%†152
$25k–50k35%†271
$50k–75k13%†98
$75k–100k13%†101
$100k–150k12%†89
$150k–200k5.1%†39
$200k or more1.8%†14

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−16.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

764 households (±137)

Woodbine, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Own55%423
Rent45%†341

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

328 households (±112)

Woodbine, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $75011%†36
$750–1,00046%†151
$1,000–1,50020%†65

Home values

423 homes (±90)

Woodbine, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $150k13%†57
$150k–250k45%†192
$250k–400k29%†121

Age of homes

1,107 homes (±125)

Woodbine, New Jersey
New Jersey share

2010 or later2.7%†30
2000–20094.5%†50
1980–199931%340

Size of homes

1,107 homes (±125)

Woodbine, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Studio0.4%†4
1 bedroom23%260
2 bedrooms42%†465

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

793 workers (±162)

Woodbine, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Drive alone81%644
Carpool7.1%†56
Public transit7.1%†56
Walk1.6%†13
Bike0.0%0
Work from home1.5%†12
Other1.5%†12

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

781 workers (±162)

Woodbine, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under 15 min28%†222
15–29 min22%†172
30–44 min46%†356

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Cape May County, the county holding most of Woodbine's residents.

Cape May County has 3,816 employer establishments, 403 for every 10,000 residents (1.63× the US rate of 248; 1.59× New Jersey's), with 28,065 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,736. The Census Bureau also counts 9,271 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,816; 9,271 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 403; US 248 · New Jersey 253
Paid employees: 28,065
Average annual pay: $54,736; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Cape May County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	612	64.7	3.52×More than typical	4,237	$53,499	54
Full-service restaurants	302	31.9	4.16×More than typical	3,193	$57,384	18
Specialty trade contractors	292	30.9	1.99×More than typical	1,513	$54,675	612
Traveler accommodation	202	21.4	11.8×More than typical	1,236	$65,708	63
Lessors of real estate	190	20.1	1.63×More than typical	745	$59,091	2,234
Limited-service restaurants	184	19.5	2.43×More than typical	683	$41,615	27
Construction of buildings	178	18.8	2.49×More than typical	762	$60,042	344
Services to buildings and dwellings	173	18.3	2.71×More than typical	812	$46,717	446
Ambulatory health care services	159	16.8	0.81×About typical	1,355	$74,917	296
Clothing and accessories stores	150	15.9	4.37×More than typical	614	$39,493	128
Building equipment contractors	124	13.1	2.18×More than typical	685	$55,369	113
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	122	12.9	4.85×More than typical	712	$79,524	122

Rank places for an industry Open Cape May County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 94,577 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $11.2K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Woodbine, New Jersey: $5.56 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $11.2K; +298% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5.56; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 78%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$11.2K100%

Top recipients

YANK MARINE INC$11.2K100%

Spending by fiscal year

33.1KFY2017
46.4KFY2018
311.6KFY2019
122.2KFY2020
177.7KFY2021
9.1KFY2022
0FY2023
0FY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Ship and boat building · 3366$11.2K100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Woodbine, New Jersey, so they do not add up across cities.

Woodbine, New Jersey's figures are part of those of Cape May County, NJ ($506.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Woodbine is mostly in Cape May County.

See federal money in Cape May County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Woodbine, New Jersey is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Jefferson Van DrewR-NJ-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 95%Missed 1.5%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Cape May County84100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ70

Other cities and towns in Cape May County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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