Villas, New Jersey


Villas, also known as the Villas, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Lower Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. At the 2010 census, the CDP's population was 9,483.
Villas is the site of Blitz's Market, where one of the four winning Mega Millions lottery tickets was sold to a veteran with a disability on August 31, 2007.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 3.909 square miles, including 3.883 square miles of land and 0.026 square miles of water.

Demographics

Census 2010

Census 2000

At the 2000 census there were 9,064 people, 3,733 households, and 2,456 families in the CDP. The population density was 881.5/km2. There were 5,694 housing units at an average density of 553.8/km2. The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.35% White, 1.19% African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.86% from other races, and 0.94% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.41% of the population.
Of the 3,733 households 28.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.9% were married couples living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families. 29.5% of households were one person and 15.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.98.
The age distribution was 25.6% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% 65 or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.4 males.
The median household income was $33,563 and the median family income was $38,950. Males had a median income of $32,996 versus $21,723 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $16,696. About 8.3% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.3% of those under age 18 and 5.8% of those age 65 or over.

Education

As with other parts of Lower Township, it is served by Lower Township School District for primary grades and Lower Cape May Regional School District for secondary grades; the latter operates Lower Cape May Regional High School.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Villas include: