Which ZIP code in Cape May County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?

08260 (Wildwood), at 16.6%, among 11 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Cape May County, NJ

These are the 11 ZIP codes in Cape May County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 11 with at least 1,000 residents. 08260 (Wildwood, 16.6%), 08210 (Cape May Court House, 14.5%) and 08243 (Sea Isle City, 13.7%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Cape May County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Cape May County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	08260	Wildwood	16.6%	12,959	7,101	8,133
2	08210	Cape May Court House	14.5%	17,143	7,183	7,754
3	08243	Sea Isle City	13.7%	2,000	1,117	2,626
4	08226	Ocean City	12.0%	11,261	5,689	12,435
5	08202	Avalon	9.8%	1,612	838	1,991
6	08204	Cape May	9.6%	16,573	8,450	9,320
7	08242	Rio Grande	9.3%	4,141	1,904	1,826
8	08251	Villas	7.3%	10,503	4,813	4,884
9	08223	Marmora	7.0%	4,048	1,833	—
10	08270	Woodbine	5.8%	8,362	3,293	2,828
11	08230	Ocean View	5.0%	5,700	2,176	2,457

How we ranked them

Ranked by the share of residents (age 1 and over) who lived in a different home a year earlier (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). No margin of error is published for this share in our files. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 11 of 16 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

New residents are still choosing a dentist, a gym, a pizza place and a lawn service. ZIP codes with high turnover give a welcome offer more people to work on each year.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 21,928 households, on 59 carrier routes with 32,939 residential mailboxes. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Cape May County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 08260 (Wildwood), at 16.6%, among 11 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the share of residents (age 1 and over) who lived in a different home a year earlier (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). No margin of error is published for this share in our files.
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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