Cape May County, NJ Home Values & Market Trends

The median home price in Cape May County, NJ is $744,386. There were 3,826 home sales in Cape May County, NJ over the past 12 months. The median residential Cape May County, NJ home value for transactions over the previous year is $592,026. The number of current listings in Cape May County, NJ is 2,559, and the percentage of properties for sale is 2559.00%. The county has 328 foreclosures, 3 bank owned properties, 29 headed for auction, and 2,559 properties for sale.

Cape May County, NJ Real Estate Market Overview

CityMedian Est. ValueCityMedian Est. Value
Ocean City

$ 1,723,422

$ 942/sqft

Ocean View

$ 559,080

$ 276/sqft

Cape May

$ 664,486

$ 491/sqft

Marmora

$ 531,441

$ 286/sqft

Wildwood

$ 824,784

$ 593/sqft

Rio Grande

$ 449,900

$ 276/sqft

Villas

$ 439,575

$ 435/sqft

Sea Isle City

$ 1,867,628

$ 1,246/sqft

Cape May Court House

$ 565,800

$ 315/sqft

Cape May Point

$ 2,049,500

$ 1,266/sqft

Avalon

$ 4,503,468

$ 1,523/sqft

Dennisville

$ --

$ --

Woodbine

$ 364,846

$ 248/sqft

South Dennis

$ --

$ --

Stone Harbor

$ 4,597,216

$ 2,189/sqft

Housing Market Summary for Cape May County, NJ

Sep 2025September 2026Change
Median Listing Price$700K$739K5.57%
Median Sold Price$715.4K$745.7K4.24%
Homes For Sale1,7912,59845.06%
Homes Sold1,3131,65325.89%
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On an average, Single Family homes cost $33 more per sqft than Condos. In comparison with sales price/sqft last week, list price/sqft of Single Family homes increased by 1.93% whereas, list price/sqft of Condos increased by 9.38%.

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Browse Homes in Cape May County, NJ

Cape May County, NJ home values range from $24,225 to $24,910,973. Stone Harbor is the priciest city with a median listing home price of $4,495,000, and Woodbine is most affordable with average house prices of around $404,450.

Foreclosure
There are 15 cities within Cape May County, NJ; within these cities, the median estimated home value for homes in foreclosure ranges from $1,430,460 in Wildwood to the lowest value of $74,790 in Wildwood. Foreclosure homes account for 6.00% of properties in Cape May County, NJ with Cape May Court House containing 55 foreclosures, the highest number of foreclosure properties in a single city.
  • Pre-Foreclosure
    Pre-foreclosure homes account for 5.93% of all residential properties in Cape May County, NJ with Cape May Court House containing 50 pre-foreclosures, the highest number of pre-foreclosure properties in a single city. There are 15 cities within Cape May County, NJ; of those cities, the estimated home value for pre-foreclosure homes ranges from $1,159,558 in Cape May Point to the lowest home value of $74,790 in Wildwood.
  • Bank Owned
    The median estimated home value of bank owned homes (REO properties) in Cape May County, NJ ranges from the highest value of $0 in Cape May Court House to the lowest value of $356,791 in Cape May. Bank owned homes and properties account for 0.06% of properties in Cape May County, NJ. There are 15 cities within Cape May County, NJ; Rio Grande containing 1 REO properties, has the highest number of bank owned properties in a single city.
  • Auctions
    Woodbine has 6 auction properties, the highest number of properties going to auction in a single city in the state of Cape May County, NJ. Auction homes and other auction properties account for 0.58% of all properties in Cape May County, NJ. There are 15 cities within Cape May County, NJ; of those cities, the median estimated home value for homes going to auction ranges from $594,500 in Sea Isle City to the lowest value of $226,272 in Sea Isle City.
Homes for Sale
Homes and properties that are actively listed for sale account for 51.30% of residential properties in Cape May County, NJ with Ocean City containing 472 homes for sale, the highest number of listed properties in a single city. There are 15 cities within Cape May County, NJ; homes for sale in those cities, have a range of median values from $2,799,900 in Cape May Point to the lowest value of $73,482 in Woodbine.
    Sold Homes
    The median value for recently sold homes ranges from $2,962,879 in Cape May Point to the lowest price of $24,225 in Cape May Point. There are 15 cities within Cape May County, NJ. Ocean City has 393 recently sold homes, the highest number of recently sold properties in a single city. Recently sold homes and properties account for 35.55% of properties in Cape May County, NJ.

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