North Cape May is mostly a residential community, with no hotels but many vacation homes.

North Cape May had existed as an independent borough, formed by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 19, 1928, from portions of Lower Township.

[5][16] The 2010 United States census counted 3,226 people, 1,395 households, and 896 families in the CDP.

Of all households, 29.6% were made up of individuals and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

[11] As of the 2000 United States Census[6] there were 3,618 people, 1,544 households, and 1,008 families residing in the CDP.

29.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

[18] North Cape May is the site of the Lower Township municipal pool.

[20] David C. Douglass Memorial Elementary School (Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten) is in Villas CDP.

[25] Richard Degener of the Press of Atlantic City described the consolidated campus as being in Burleigh.

[26] In 2010 Our Lady Star of the Sea merged into Cape Trinity Regional School (PreK – 8) in North Wildwood.

In 2008 the diocese announced that it would merge with St. Raymond Church of Villas,[30] and the merger occurred in 2010.