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Camden city, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Camden city is a Census city of 8,267 people across 11.11 square miles of land, in Kershaw County. Median household income is $63,576, 69.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $854,000.
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Camden
What Camden is
- Census place typecity
- Land area11.11 sq mi
- Water area0.79 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land744
- County holding the largest share of its areaKershaw 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
- Population8,267
- Median age42.4
- Population under 181,541 plus or minus 359
- Share under 1818.6 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Population 65 and over1,824
- Share 65 and over22.1 percent
- Households3,656
- Family households2,068
- Share of households that are families56.6 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$63,576 plus or minus $20,729
- Per capita income$41,218
- Civilian labor force4,059
- Employed3,725
- Unemployed334 plus or minus 315
- Unemployment rate8.2 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Adults 25 and over5,920
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher39.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree17.7 percent plus or minus 4.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Camden
Housing in Camden
- Housing units4,114
- Occupied units3,656
- Vacant units458 plus or minus 181
- Vacancy rate11.1 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Owner occupied2,522
- Renter occupied1,134 plus or minus 314
- Ownership rate69.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$265,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$956
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.0 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Single family units3,328
- Share single family80.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more748 plus or minus 307
- Share in buildings of two or more18.2 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Mobile homes38 plus or minus 56
- Median year structure built1975
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 commute3,611
- Commuting under 15 minutes901 plus or minus 296
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.0 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,692 plus or minus 413
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more46.9 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Drove alone86.9 percent
- Carpooled9.2 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home3.6 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Camden
SBA loans in Camden (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$854,000
- Average approval$213,500
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$434,000
- Largest approval$434,000
- Jobs supported20
- Jobs per approval5.0
- 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 franchises50.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
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.
Kershaw County, not Camden
Kershaw County context, not Camden figures
These are Kershaw 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 Kershaw County1,208
- Employment at those establishments, Kershaw County14,923
- Covered employment, Kershaw County18,335
- Average annual pay, Kershaw County$49,084
- Average weekly wage, Kershaw County$944
- Housing units permitted, Kershaw County474
- Of those, single family, Kershaw County368
- County product, 2024, Kershaw County$3,416,986,000
- County product change over the prior year, Kershaw County11.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Kershaw County$61,319
Every figure in this section is published for Kershaw 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, South Carolina?
8,267, in 3,656 households. Camden city covers 11.11 square miles of land, which is 744 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?
Kershaw 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?
$63,576. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $265,300. Median gross rent is $956 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?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $854,000, across 4 lenders, median approval $250,000. 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 Kershaw 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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