Woodbine, New Jersey

Woodbine, New Jersey
Motto: 
"Gateway to the Jersey Cape"
Location of Woodbine in Cape May County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Cape May County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right).
Census Bureau map of Woodbine, New Jersey
Woodbine
Location in Cape May County
Woodbine
Location in New Jersey
Woodbine
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 39°13′42″N 74°48′35″W / 39.22835°N 74.809621°W / 39.22835; -74.809621
Country United States
State New Jersey
County Cape May
IncorporatedMarch 3, 1903
Government
  TypeBorough
  BodyBorough Council
  MayorWilliam Pikolycky (R, term ends December 31, 2026)
  Municipal clerkAlex Bauer
Area
  Total
8.02 sq mi (20.77 km2)
  Land8.02 sq mi (20.77 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)  0.00%
  Rank232nd of 565 in state
6th of 16 in county
Elevation
33 ft (10 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
2,128
  Estimate 
(2023)
2,136
  Rank482nd of 565 in state
10th of 16 in county
  Density265.4/sq mi (102.5/km2)
   Rank486th of 565 in state
14th of 16 in county
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code
08270
Area code(s)609 Exchanges: 628, 861
FIPS code3400981890
GNIS feature ID0885446
Websitewww.boroughofwoodbine.net

Woodbine is a borough in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough, and all of Cape May County, is part of the South Jersey region of the state and of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, which is part of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 2,128, a decrease of 344 (−13.9%) from the 2010 census count of 2,472, which in turn reflected a decline of 244 (−9.0%) from the 2,716 counted in the 2000 census.

Woodbine was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 3, 1903, from portions of Dennis Township.