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Camden city, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Camden city is a Census city of 1,803 people across 4.18 square miles of land, in Wilcox County. Median household income is $36,481, 73.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $350,000.
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Camden
What Camden is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.18 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land431
- County holding the largest share of its areaWilcox County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Camden
How many people live in Camden
- Population1,803
- Median age44.0
- Population under 18318 plus or minus 152
- Share under 1817.6 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Population 65 and over391 plus or minus 113
- Share 65 and over21.7 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Households698
- Family households429 plus or minus 103
- Share of households that are families61.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Camden
Income and work in Camden
- Median household income$36,481 plus or minus $17,032
- Per capita income$19,067
- Civilian labor force762 plus or minus 192
- Employed647 plus or minus 165
- Unemployed115 plus or minus 101
- Unemployment rate15.1 percent plus or minus 12.7
- Adults 25 and over1,341
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher83.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.7 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.1 percent plus or minus 5.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Camden
Housing in Camden
- Housing units841
- Occupied units698
- Vacant units143 plus or minus 72
- Vacancy rate17.0 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Owner occupied512 plus or minus 106
- Renter occupied186 plus or minus 85
- Ownership rate73.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$132,300 plus or minus $37,260
- Median gross rent, monthly$576 plus or minus $359
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.9 percent plus or minus 14.8
- Single family units669
- Share single family79.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more90 plus or minus 76
- Share in buildings of two or more10.7 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Mobile homes82 plus or minus 57
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Camden
How Camden gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute623 plus or minus 164
- Commuting under 15 minutes228 plus or minus 109
- Share commuting under 15 minutes36.6 percent plus or minus 14.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more344 plus or minus 135
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more55.2 percent plus or minus 16.1
- Drove alone88.1 percent
- Carpooled8.2 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home3.7 percent plus or minus 4.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Camden
SBA 7(a) lending to Camden borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$350,000
- Average approval$350,000
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$350,000
- Largest approval$350,000
- Jobs supported11
- Jobs per approval11.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises100.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Camden
SBA 504 lending to Camden borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$321,000
- Average approval$321,000
- Median approval$321,000
- Largest approval$321,000
- Jobs supported8
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Wilcox County, not Camden
Wilcox County context, not Camden figures
These are Wilcox County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Camden measurements.
- Establishments in Wilcox County169
- Employment at those establishments, Wilcox County1,882
- Covered employment, Wilcox County2,682
- Average annual pay, Wilcox County$56,070
- Average weekly wage, Wilcox County$1,078
- Housing units permitted, Wilcox County0
- Of those, single family, Wilcox County0
- County product, 2024, Wilcox County$472,602,000
- County product change over the prior year, Wilcox County6.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Wilcox County$38,542
Every figure in this section is published for Wilcox County as a whole and is not a measurement of Camden. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Camden questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Camden, Alabama?
1,803, in 698 households. Camden city covers 4.18 square miles of land, which is 431 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Camden in?
Wilcox County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Camden?
$36,481. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $132,300. Median gross rent is $576 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Camden businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $350,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $321,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Camden, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Camden borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Camden. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Camden figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wilcox County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Camden.
Is zoning published for Camden?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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