About Wildwood Crest

Wildwood Crest is a very small coastal borough (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 3,870 people and just one neighborhood, Wildwood Crest is the 380th largest community in New Jersey.

Wildwood Crest is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 86.99% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Wildwood Crest is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wildwood Crest who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.29%), sales jobs (13.14%), and management occupations (9.54%).

Wildwood Crest is a major vacation destination. Much of the borough's population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependant on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Wildwood Crest's population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.

In addition, Wildwood Crest is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

One of the nice things about Wildwood Crest is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the borough are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Wildwood Crest is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Wildwood Crest Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Wildwood Crest is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 26.40% of adults in Wildwood Crest have a college degree.

The per capita income in Wildwood Crest in 2000 was $23,741, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $94,964 for a family of four.

The people who call Wildwood Crest home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Wildwood Crest is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wildwood Crest include Irish, Italian, German, English, Polish, Scotch-Irish, Greek, and Swedish.

The languages spoken by people in Wildwood Crest are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Wildwood Crest is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian, Spanish, and Greek.