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Cape May County, NJ

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits (SOD), June 30, 2025

Cape May County, New Jersey, a core county of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD market, holds $4.0B in deposits across 11 insured institutions and 40 branches. Sturdy Savings Bank is the largest deposit holder at 23.6% share. The top three banks hold 60% of deposits, which places the county in the Concentrated band. Deposits have grown 11.4% since 2020 while the branch count fell by 11.1%. It produces $6.0B of output, ranking #531 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$6.0B
#531 of 1,523
Population
93,390
#646 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$63,943
#278 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/25)
$4.0B
#401 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$42,925
#147 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$100M
#588 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
11
#571 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
42.8
#175 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$249M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #223 of 1,523. A lower figure means institutions typically hold smaller deposit positions here; it reflects local deposit presence, not an institution’s overall size. See Community & Regional Bank Share for institution scale.
Community & Regional Bank Share
59.1%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #979 of 1,523. A higher share points to a market where small to mid-size institutions, the kind that compete on relationships and local decision-making, hold more ground.
Top-3 Banks’ Deposit Share: Concentrated
60%
The combined deposit share of the top three banks by deposits in the county. A lower share means deposits are spread across more institutions.

Ranks show where the county stands among the 1,523 ranked counties (those within a Combined or Metropolitan Statistical Area that have a branch). They describe relative position, not a rating of market quality or suitability.

Deposit trend

County Deposits (SOD, 2020 to 2025)+11.4% over 5 years
$3.6B
2020
$4.3B
2021
$4.5B
2022
$4.1B
2023
$4.0B
2024
$4.0B
2025

Branches: 45 in 2020 to 40 in 2025. Institutions: 10 to 11. Top-three share: 58% to 60%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
Sturdy Savings Bank$945M23.6%12+19%
TD Bank$845M21.1%4+26%
OceanFirst Bank$620M15.5%3+1%
Crest Savings Bank$495M12.3%8+18%
PNC Bank$443M11.1%4+9%
Bank of America$249M6.2%2-4%
1st Bank of Sea Isle City$223M5.6%3-2%
Wells Fargo Bank$98M2.4%1-27%
Univest Bank and Trust Co.$62M1.5%1+24%
Franklin Bank$25M0.6%1+9%
JPMorgan Chase Bank$4M0.1%1no 2020 presence

The 11 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, per the FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2025. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2020 and 2025. Institutions are tracked by FDIC certificate number, and where an institution acquired another bank, the acquired bank’s prior deposits are folded into the baseline so the change reflects the combined, continuing franchise rather than reading as new. “No 2020 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year. Deposit figures are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.

Part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden market

Cape May County is one of 16 counties that make up the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #11 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 1.1% of the market’s output and holds 0.6% of its deposits.

MeasureCape May CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$6.0B1.1%
Deposits$4.0B0.6%
Population93,3901.2%

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