What is the population of Camden city?

Camden city has 8,025 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #76 of 475 in South Carolina.

What is the median household income in Camden city?

Median household income in Camden city is $53,289 a year, 32.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Camden city?

Median gross rent is $803 a month and the median home value is $241,300, so rent absorbs about 18.1% of median household income.

Is Camden city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Camden city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Camden, SC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Camden, South Carolina (Camden, SC — Census place “Camden city”) is 8,025 residents, ranking #76 of 475 places in South Carolina. Median household income is $53,289, the median home is worth $241,300 and median gross rent runs $803 a month. Looking for the Camden South Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Camden, SC: 29020.

Population: 8,025Camden city residents
Median household income: $53,289Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $241,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $803Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 69.8%Owner-occupied households

Camden ZIP codes (South Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Camden.

The Camden SC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

29020

What the numbers mean in Camden city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Camden city median would spend about 18.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.7% of residents and 69.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Camden city, SC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Camden city is a mid-size town in South Carolina, with 8,025 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #76 of 475 ranked by population — larger than 84% of them. The median age here is 42.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Camden city earn a median of $53,289 a year, 32.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $53,071 median for the 263 South Carolina cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 16.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Camden city is valued at $241,300, 20.5% below the national figure and 36% above the $177,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $803 a month, 42.9% below the national figure, or roughly $9,636 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 69.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Camden city?: Camden city has 8,025 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #76 of 475 in South Carolina.
What is the median household income in Camden city?: Median household income in Camden city is $53,289 a year, 32.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Camden city?: Median gross rent is $803 a month and the median home value is $241,300, so rent absorbs about 18.1% of median household income.
Is Camden city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Camden city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Camden city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.