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About Wildwood
City in Cape May County, New Jersey, USWildwood is a city in Cape May County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The city, and all of Cape May County, is part of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, and is part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's year-round population was 5,157, a decrease of 168 (−3.2%) from the 2010 census count of 5,325, which in turn reflected a decline of 111 (−2.0%) from the 5,436 counted in the 2000 census. A popular Jersey Shore resort destination, the population can swell to 250,000 during the summer. Wildwood was the first city in New Jersey to have a female mayor, Doris W. Bradway, who was ousted in a 1938 recall election. The city of Wildwood p…
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Housing in Wildwood
The typical Wildwood home is worth about $639,000, up 8.9% in a year, 10% above the New Jersey typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Wildwood
Not graded
A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Wildwood's police department reported only 2024 and 2025, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Schools in Wildwood
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The public schools Wildwood’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 98% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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