Wildwood, NJ Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Wildwood: a median closing price of $604,000 across 173 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Wildwood, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Wildwood sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of August 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 173
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $604,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $437
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $495,000 and $715,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 173 closed sales in Wildwood over the last six months, with a median closing price of $604,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $495,000 and $715,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 149 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $376 and $488 per square foot.
Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Wildwood, NJ (August 2026)
The median home price in Wildwood is $604,000, measured across the 173 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $495,000 and $715,000.
Where Wildwood sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Wildwood over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $495,000 and $715,000. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 26 days, across 52 Wildwood closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 29 days, across 43 Wildwood closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Wildwood angle
Read $604,000 as the centre of closed activity and the $495,000 to $715,000 range as the ground the middle half of it covers. Place the subject inside that range on the strength of property type, size and condition, then check whether the comps you used actually agree with each other. The band leans high. More of it lies between $604,000 and $715,000 than between $495,000 and $604,000, so above-median sales are spread across more price territory. A comp set assembled below a subject that belongs above the midpoint will understate it by more than the reverse mistake would overstate it.
From market read to offer price
A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.
And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 11,465+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Wildwood address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Wildwood, NJ
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 173
Median sold price: $604,000
Median sold $/sqft: $437 (149 qualifying)
https://resideline.com/blog/wildwood-nj-housing-market
The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.
Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Wildwood over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Wildwood?
The median sold price in Wildwood over the last 6 months is $604,000, measured across 173 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Wildwood last month?
Resideline tracked 29 closed sales in Wildwood in July 2026, out of 173 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Wildwood?
The middle half of Wildwood sales over the last six months closed between $495,000 and $715,000, with a median of $604,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in Wildwood?
Among qualifying Wildwood closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $437, measured across 149 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
How is the Wildwood, New Jersey data best used for a specific address?
As scaffolding rather than as an answer. The detail to carry is the shape of the band. More of it sits above $604,000 than below, so upward adjustments cross more price territory than downward ones of the same size.
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