City safety & data profile

CamdenNJ

Camden, NJ is a 76K-resident city in Camden County with a median household income of $40,546.

Camden County, New Jersey. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Camden, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Camden has a population larger than 89% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $112,000, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

76K
Population (place)
Top 11%
By size
$40,546
Median income (place)
$112,000
Median home (place)
30.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Camden

Camden posts a median household income higher than 2% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Camden area.

Bottom 3%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Camden

Where Camden income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$40,546 Bottom 2% higher than 2% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Camden $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in NJ

Population among 151 NJ places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Newark is the largest NJ city on this list; Short Hills leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in NJ

Median household income among the same 151-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Short Hills posts the highest place-level median income in NJ; Newark is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Camden, NJ beyond the headline numbers

Camden sits inside Camden County, New Jersey, at roughly 39.93°N, -75.12°W. Population 76,119, $40,546 median household income. Median home value $112,000, median rent $1,226. Poverty rate 30.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Camden, 2/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.

30.2% of Camden, NJ residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Camden runs about 2.8 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 5.5% of Camden workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 28.1% in Camden, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

11.1% of Camden workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Camden's median age is 33.3 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Camden from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
76,119
Camden · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$40,546
-55% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$112,000
-73% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Camden County): Camden's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
527K+3%
Median Income
$88,755+44%
Median Home Value
$287,100+36%
Poverty Rate
12.4%-5%
Unemployment
6.9%-43%

Economics

Economics indicators for Camden, NJ
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,226/mo
Poverty Rate
30.2% +144% vs avg
Unemployment 14.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 10.1%
Work From Home 5.5%
Public Transit 11.1%

Population

White 6.6%
African American 42%
Asian 1.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
48.4%
Physical Inactivity
43.7%
Obesity
40.6%
High Blood Pressure
38.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
28.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.8%
Current Smoking
20.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
19.1%
Diabetes
18%
Binge Drinking
13.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 40.5%
Annual Checkup 75.4%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.9%
Stroke
4.9%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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2
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
2
COOPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
CAMDEN · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆
VIRTUA OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL
CAMDEN · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Camden?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Camden right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet NJ-CAMDEN-NJ · Camden

Camden: 4 tagged alerts; lead category NSW RFS bushfire alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 4 on record
  • MIX-LED 75% au-bushfires
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Las Vegas

Tagged alert mix: Camden

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 4 tagged notices on record for Camden.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Las Vegas, NV (4 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Camden; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse New Jersey state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (4 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Las Vegas, NV 4 alerts Kansas City, MO 4 alerts Salisbury, NC 4 alerts Woodstock, GA 4 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Camden, NJ? ▼
Camden, NJ has a population of 76,119 people, located in Camden County, New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Camden? ▼
The median household income in Camden, NJ is $40,546 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 30.2%.
What is the median home value in Camden? ▼
The median home value in Camden, NJ is $112,000. Median rent is $1,226/month.
What are the top health concerns in Camden? ▼
The top health indicators in Camden include Short Sleep Duration (48.4%), Physical Inactivity (43.7%), Obesity (40.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Camden? ▼
Camden has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 2 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Camden? ▼
The median age in Camden, NJ is 33.3 years. 10.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Camden, both outside New Jersey so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NJ (30.2% here).

Elmira, NY 30.2% Aldine, TX 30.3% Naranja, FL 30.3% San Luis Obispo, CA 30.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NJ ($40,546 here).

West Pensacola, FL $40,511 Monroe, LA $40,505 Donna, TX $40,438 McComb, MS $40,707

Compare Camden with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Pennsport, PA 26K Gloucester City, NJ 11K Whitman, PA 50K Wharton, PA 50K Fishtown, PA 16K Lower Moyamensing, PA 16K Center City, PA 57K Washington Square, PA 13K
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Using Camden's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Camden area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Camden against New Jersey peers on any ranking lens. Explore New Jersey

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Camden County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.