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Camden city, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Camden city is a Census city of 71,496 people across 8.92 square miles of land, in Camden County. Median household income is $40,546, 34.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 37 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $18.5 m.
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Camden
What Camden is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.92 sq mi
- Water area1.46 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land8,017
- County holding the largest share of its areaCamden 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
- Population71,496
- Median age33.3
- Population under 1819,641
- Share under 1827.5 percent
- Population 65 and over8,123
- Share 65 and over11.4 percent
- Households24,443
- Family households16,085
- Share of households that are families65.8 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$40,546
- Per capita income$20,566
- Civilian labor force31,767
- Employed27,162
- Unemployed4,605
- Unemployment rate14.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over43,505
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher69.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher10.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.8 percent plus or minus 1.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Camden
Housing in Camden
- Housing units27,292
- Occupied units24,443
- Vacant units2,849
- Vacancy rate10.4 percent
- Owner occupied8,418
- Renter occupied16,025
- Ownership rate34.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$112,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,226
- Annual rent as a share of median income36.3 percent
- Single family units17,901
- Share single family65.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more9,185
- Share in buildings of two or more33.7 percent
- Mobile homes206 plus or minus 156
- Median year structure built1950
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 commute24,535
- Commuting under 15 minutes6,785
- Share commuting under 15 minutes27.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more7,358
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more30.0 percent
- Drove alone54.6 percent
- Carpooled18.3 percent
- Public transport11.1 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Walked4.5 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home5.5 percent plus or minus 1.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Camden
SBA loans in Camden (7(a))
- Approvals37
- Gross approval$18,522,800
- Average approval$500,616
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,218,000
- Largest approval$4,430,000
- Jobs supported350
- Jobs per approval9.5
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Paid in full5
- Charged off3
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more18.9 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders19
- Distinct industries by NAICS23
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 8 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 loans in Camden (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$1,440,000
- Average approval$360,000
- Median approval$453,000
- Largest approval$479,000
- Jobs supported22
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Camden County, not Camden
Camden County context, not Camden figures
These are Camden 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 Camden County11,541
- Employment at those establishments, Camden County190,853
- Covered employment, Camden County205,819
- Average annual pay, Camden County$69,051
- Average weekly wage, Camden County$1,328
- Housing units permitted, Camden County970
- Of those, single family, Camden County434
- County product, 2024, Camden County$34,619,814,000
- County product change over the prior year, Camden County6.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Camden County$70,319
Every figure in this section is published for Camden 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, New Jersey?
71,496, in 24,443 households. Camden city covers 8.92 square miles of land, which is 8,017 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?
Camden 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?
$40,546. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $112,000. Median gross rent is $1,226 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?
37 7(a) approvals totalling $18.5 m, across 19 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $1.4 m. 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 8 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 Camden 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.