Electric companies in Cape May County, New Jersey

Cape May County, NJ on the map

Electric utilities in Cape May County, NJ

Plans from retail suppliers are not in public data, so no plan prices are shown. The listed utilities deliver the power, and which one serves your street depends on the address.

Housing and heating in Cape May County, NJ

Cape May County, NJ: 49,714 of 99,625 homes were built before 1980 and 23,071 in 2000 or later. Cape May County, NJ has 52,140 detached houses, 9,205 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 3,094 mobile homes, and 9,189 of 44,369 households rent.

ZIP codes in Cape May County, NJ

• 08202
• 08204
• 08210
• 08212
• 08223
• 08226
• 08230
• 08242
• 08243
• 08245
• 08246
• 08247
• 08248
• 08251
• 08260
• 08270

Facts about Cape May County, NJ

Residents of Cape May County, NJ, ACS 2023

95,23620 of 21 New Jersey counties

Households in Cape May County, NJ

44,3692.15 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Cape May County, NJ

79.3%35,180 owner and 9,189 renter households

Median household income in Cape May County, NJ

$88,04614 of 21 New Jersey counties

Housing units in Cape May County, NJ

99,62555,256 vacant or seasonal, 55.5% of the units

Homes heated by electricity in Cape May County, NJ

21.2%9,420 homes, 2 of 21 New Jersey counties

Utilities listed for Cape May County, NJ

11 with a home price: Atlantic City Electric Co

ZIP areas touching Cape May County, NJ

1608202 to 08270

Outage-linked storm events in Cape May County, NJ

136NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025

Homes built before 1980 in Cape May County, NJ

49.9%median year built 1980

Flood claims in Cape May County, NJ

1,597NFIP 2015 to 2025, $25.4M paid

Home energy burden in Cape May County, NJ

2.4%$1,415 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Cape May County, NJ

Cape May County, NJ has no price series of its own. Cape May County, NJ: the New Jersey average was 15.81 ¢/kWh in 2015. Cape May County, NJ: 19.34 ¢ in 2024, 22% up. Cape May County, NJ: against 30% up for the U.S. average.

Cape May County, NJ: a 662 kWh month at the New Jersey price. Cape May County, NJ: $105 in 2015, $128 in 2024. Cape May County, NJ: $1,537 a year, 1.7% of the $88,046 median income.

Outage risk in Cape May County, NJ

Cape May County, NJ, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 136 in all, 142.8 per 100,000 residents of 95,236, rank 16 of 21 New Jersey counties. Property damage in Cape May County, NJ: $10.3M.

Cost of living with electricity in Cape May County, NJ

Cape May County, NJ: electricity $1,415 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $2,571, 2.4% of $107,230 income. 43,277 households in Cape May County, NJ spend about $61.2 million a year on electricity and $111.3 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Cape May County, NJ ($28,028 a year) spend 8.0% of income, 3.3 times the all-home figure.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Cape May County, NJ

Cape May County, NJ: 1,597 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $25.4M paid, median paid claim $8,583.

25,975 of 64,831 residential structures in Cape May County, NJ carry an NFIP contract. 47,862 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Cape May County, NJ on 8 Sep 2026. Cape May County, NJ lists 2,286 repetitive-loss properties, 392 of them severe repetitive loss.

Cape May County, NJ: claims history, not an outage count.

Cape May County, NJ: OpenFEMA NFIP, claims as of 8 Sep 2026, insured share as of 3 Aug 2026; counts under 5 are hidden.

Cape May County, NJ: flood claims by state, flood hub.

Climate and electric heating in Cape May County, NJ

Cape May County, NJ totals 4,521 heating degree days and 1,024 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Cape May County, NJ is the 21st coldest of 21 counties in New Jersey: 4,521 against a median of 4,909. For cooling, Cape May County, NJ is the 7th hottest: 1,024 against a median of 972.

Cape May County, NJ runs furnace and air conditioner, 3,497 degree days apart.

Cape May County, NJ: 4,201 heating degree days in 2016-2025, 4,521 on the normal, 7% under.

In Cape May County, NJ, 21.2% of 44,369 homes heat with electricity; the other 78.8% use another main heating fuel.

Cape May County, NJ: ACS B25040, 44,369 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Bill and heat pump calculator, Cape May County, NJ

Compare Cape May County, NJ with its neighbours

• Atlantic County sits 24 miles northeast of Cape May County, NJ, with 274,704 residents against 95,236 there, 147 storm events against 136, median home built 1977 against 1980, energy burden 2.9% against 2.4%, income $76,819 against $88,046.
• Cumberland County sits 25 miles northwest of Cape May County, NJ, with 152,915 residents against 95,236 there, 109 storm events against 136, median home built 1968 against 1980, energy burden 3.6% against 2.4%, income $64,499 against $88,046.
• Gloucester County sits 49 miles northwest of Cape May County, NJ, with 304,504 residents against 95,236 there, 187 storm events against 136, median home built 1979 against 1980, energy burden 2.4% against 2.4%, income $102,807 against $88,046.
• Camden County sits 52 miles north of Cape May County, NJ, with 524,042 residents against 95,236 there, 266 storm events against 136, median home built 1966 against 1980, energy burden 2.1% against 2.4%, income $86,384 against $88,046.
• Salem County sits 48 miles northwest of Cape May County, NJ, with 64,973 residents against 95,236 there, 95 storm events against 136, median home built 1963 against 1980, energy burden 3.3% against 2.4%, income $78,412 against $88,046.