It constitutes part of the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area, or the Delaware Valley.

[16] Cape May Court House was laid out in 1703 by Jeremiah Hand and was first called Rumney Marsh and afterward Middleton before the adoption of its present name.

The Court of Cape May County met in private homes and the First Baptist Church until 1764, when Daniel Hand set 1-acre (4,000 m2) of his own property to construct a courthouse and jail.

[5][18]The 2010 United States census counted 5,338 people, 2,165 households, and 1,396 families in the CDP.

Of all households, 29.4% were made up of individuals and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

[13] The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $56,773 (with a margin of error of +/- $14,695) and the median family income was $73,618 (+/- $19,854).

24.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

All four schools and the district headquarters are in Cape May Court House CDP.

[23][24] The Cape May County Technical School District operates Cape May County Technical High School which has a CMCH address,[25] but is not within the CDP boundaries.

[27] The Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden operates Bishop McHugh Regional School, a Catholic K–8 school, in Ocean View, Dennis Township,[28] which has a Cape May Courthouse postal address.

[23][33] The Cape May County Park & Zoo in Cape May Court House provides free year-round admission to a collection of over 550 animals representing 250 species in 85 acres of exhibits.

Its principal exhibit areas are a 57-acre African Savanna, a free-flight aviary, and a reptile collection.

[35][better source needed] People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Cape May Court House include: