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Camden, NJ

71,099 Population
8.9 square miles 7,972 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$21,175 ±$2,132 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $48,276 ±$485
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $52,583 ±$435
$35,129 ±$6,478 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $86,867 ±$1,004
  • about one-third of the amount in New Jersey: $99,781 ±$1,061

26.8% ±5.2% (18,554  ±3,613) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 700,710 (±0.5% / ±31,247)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 886,772 (±0.3% / ±27,839)

25.7 minutes ±1.5 (611,005  ±48,510) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29.3 76,587,890 (±0.1 / ±433,372)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

27,511 ±1,915 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,484,152 ±8,664
  • New Jersey: 3,538,457 ±8,891
2.5 ±0.2 (68,909  ±187) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,082,424 (±0 / ±3,042)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 † 9,122,744 (±,157 / ±-555,555,600)

5.7% ±3.3% (1,155  ±685) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.1% 75,590 (±0.4% / ±5,796)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 108,771 (±0.3% / ±6,919)

Housing

31,054 ±2,027 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,643,828 ±1,234
  • New Jersey: 3,803,652 ±1,675

$103,500 ±$16,721 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $356,700 ±$2,499
  • about one-fifth of the amount in New Jersey: $461,000 ±$2,830

9.8% ±2.8% (6,888  ±1,937.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.6% 655,230 (±0.4% / ±26,256.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.4% 860,587 (±0.3% / ±27,733.6)

Social

69% ±6.5% (32,986  ±3,542.8) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.4% 4,039,594 (±0.8% / ±33,148.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,903,558 (±0.6% / ±39,527)
12.4% ±3.2% (5,919  ±1,572.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 42.3% 1,849,231 (±0.5% / ±22,522.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 43.8% 2,850,285 (±0.4% / ±26,559.1)

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

23.8% ±4.7% (16,904  ±3,316) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 12% † 752,110 (±1,071% / ±19,990)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 24.2% † 2,250,431 (±1,448.4% / ±28,235)

2.2% ±0.9% (1,237  ±511) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.8% 234,702 (±0.2% / ±8,149)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 3.6% 258,485 (±0.1% / ±8,678)
1,237 Total veterans ±511 1,237 Male ±511 N/A Female ±225

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