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Camden County, NJ

527,196 Population
221.4 square miles 2,381.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,135 ±$1,299 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $52,583 ±$435
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$83,763 ±$5,356 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $99,781 ±$1,061
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.5% ±1.6% (65,357  ±8,479) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 886,772 (±0.3% / ±27,839)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

28.7 minutes ±0.8 (6,553,355  ±262,048) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 31.4 126,643,450 (±0.3 / ±1,324,142)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

201,670 ±2,409 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,538,457 ±8,891
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0 (520,930  ±2,154) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,122,744
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6% ±1.3% (7,393  ±1,564) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 108,771 (±0.3% / ±6,919)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

213,947 ±856 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,803,652 ±1,675
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$294,900 ±$6,419 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $461,000 ±$2,830
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.5% ±1.5% (54,657  ±7,559.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.4% 860,587 (±0.3% / ±27,733.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

89.5% ±2.6% (327,623  ±9,430.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,903,558 (±0.6% / ±39,527)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
35.9% ±1.7% (131,297  ±6,101.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 43.8% 2,850,285 (±0.4% / ±26,559.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13.2% (69,554  ±5,321) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 24.2% 2,250,431
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.2% ±0.6% (17,236  ±2,253) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 3.6% 258,485 (±0.1% / ±8,678)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
17,236 Total veterans ±2,253 15,660 Male ±2,007 1,576 Female ±956

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