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Camden city, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Camden city is a Census city of 10,307 people across 16.53 square miles of land, in Ouachita County. Median household income is $49,361, 59.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.2 m.
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Camden
What Camden is
- Census place typecity
- Land area16.53 sq mi
- Water area0.09 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land624
- County holding the largest share of its areaOuachita 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
- Population10,307
- Median age39.2
- Population under 182,374
- Share under 1823.0 percent
- Population 65 and over2,061
- Share 65 and over20.0 percent
- Households4,086
- Family households2,473
- Share of households that are families60.5 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$49,361
- Per capita income$28,226
- Civilian labor force4,441
- Employed4,140
- Unemployed301 plus or minus 149
- Unemployment rate6.8 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over7,213
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.5 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.3 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Camden
Housing in Camden
- Housing units5,657
- Occupied units4,086
- Vacant units1,571
- Vacancy rate27.8 percent
- Owner occupied2,415
- Renter occupied1,671
- Ownership rate59.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$107,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$768
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.7 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Single family units4,485
- Share single family79.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more879 plus or minus 240
- Share in buildings of two or more15.5 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Mobile homes286 plus or minus 155
- Median year structure built1969
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 commute3,843
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,585
- Share commuting under 15 minutes41.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more780 plus or minus 216
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.3 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Drove alone81.3 percent
- Carpooled10.7 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Worked from home5.9 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Camden
SBA loans in Camden (7(a))
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$3,188,500
- Average approval$354,278
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,403,600
- Largest approval$1,403,600
- Jobs supported46
- Jobs per approval5.1
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more22.2 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS8
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
Ouachita County, not Camden
Ouachita County context, not Camden figures
These are Ouachita 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 Ouachita County465
- Employment at those establishments, Ouachita County7,973
- Covered employment, Ouachita County7,057
- Average annual pay, Ouachita County$48,303
- Average weekly wage, Ouachita County$929
- Housing units permitted, Ouachita County0
- Of those, single family, Ouachita County0
- County product, 2024, Ouachita County$862,924,000
- County product change over the prior year, Ouachita County2.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Ouachita County$42,769
Every figure in this section is published for Ouachita 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, Arkansas?
10,307, in 4,086 households. Camden city covers 16.53 square miles of land, which is 624 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?
Ouachita 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?
$49,361. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $107,400. Median gross rent is $768 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?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $3.2 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $150,000. 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 1 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 Ouachita 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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