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Camden, NJ

71,761 Population
8.9 square miles 8,046.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.3 ±3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$19,808 ±$1,977 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $50,684 ±$499
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
$38,735 ±$3,084 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $90,850 ±$1,092
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997

33.9% ±5.6% (23,632  ±3,900) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.8% 668,882 (±0.5% / ±28,431)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)

22.4 minutes ±3 (553,220  ±89,177) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29.7 79,803,310 (±0.3 / ±1,004,257)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Jersey: 31.9 131,588,270 (±0.2 / ±1,265,689)

Families

24,871 ±1,567 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,505,818 ±6,896
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
2.8 ±0.2 (69,613  ±268) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,167,863 (±0 / ±1,505)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098

4.3% ±2.5% (774  ±457) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.8% 72,085 (±0.4% / ±5,446)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 117,595 (±0.3% / ±6,859)

Housing

27,709 ±1,714 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,652,016 ±647
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877

$159,800 ±$14,368 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $375,100 ±$2,652
  • about one-third of the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982

6.3% ±2.1% (4,467  ±1,514.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.1% 632,705 (±0.4% / ±23,497.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)

Social

63.7% ±6.4% (27,736  ±3,021.1) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.6% 4,108,023 (±0.8% / ±34,849.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
9.4% ±2.6% (4,081  ±1,165.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 43.3% 1,921,371 (±0.5% / ±22,590)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 44.6% 2,965,532 (±0.4% / ±26,621.6)

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

17.4% ±4.4% (12,495  ±3,158) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 12.4% 784,181
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424

2.5% ±1.4% (1,280  ±742) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.6% 227,988 (±0.2% / ±7,693)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
1,280 Total veterans ±742 1,280 Male ±742 N/A Female ±226

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