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Kent County · Delaware incorporated municipality

Camden, DE

Retail leads a local job base of 3,747 workplace jobs alongside 4,342 residents.

Population
4,342
DPC official estimate
Local jobs
3,747
LODES workplace jobs
Median income
$63,267
ACS 5-year estimate
School locations
4
FirstMap site count
City overview

The forces shaping Camden now.

A missing measure is unavailable coverage, not zero or an absence claim.

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Civic

Camden's representation splits across multiple districts.

1 House district and 3 Senate districts cover the boundary, so no single legislator speaks for the whole place.

House districts: 1 · Senate districts: 3

Source: Delaware General Assembly / City of Wilmington, via Delaware FirstMap, checked 2026-09-12.
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Daily life

Camden has a well-stocked restaurants directory.

19 listed restaurants locations appear inside the boundary—directory records, not a ranking or completeness claim.

Restaurants: 19

Source: Overture Maps Foundation, checked 2026-08-19.0.
People

Who lives here—and which households shape demand?

Population uses Delaware's official Population Consortium estimate, which does not carry the ACS survey's sampling error for small places. Households and other figures below remain ACS survey estimates.

Population
4,342

Delaware Population Consortium official estimate

Source: dpc projections 2024 · 2024 ↗
2050 population projection
4,818

Planning projection, not an observed outcome

Source: dpc projections 2024 · 2050 ↗
Households
1,779
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Median age
37
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Median household income
$63,267
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Bachelor's degree or higher
40%

Among residents age 25 and older. ±13% margin of error.

Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Population composition

Residents by Census category

Each share uses the total Camden population as its denominator. Hispanic or Latino may be of any race; the other broad categories are non-Hispanic. Detailed Asian-alone groups use a separate Census race table.

White, non-Hispanic47%
Black, non-Hispanic41%
Hispanic or Latino6%
Two or more races, non-Hispanic3%
Vietnamese1%
Asian Indian1%
Chinese, except Taiwanese1%
Japanese0%

Sources: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗; census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗. Positive detailed Asian estimates are shown in this same composition list; published zeroes are omitted and are not proof of absence. Small differences may be within ACS survey uncertainty.

Source: dpc projections 2024 · 2024 ↗. ACS estimates cover a five-year survey period; margin of error is reported where provided.

Work

What work is located inside Camden?

LODES counts jobs by workplace location, not the industries of residents or a named-employer roster. The sector mix can show the shape of the local job base, not dependence on individual companies.

Jobs by sector

Latest LODES workplace-job estimates. Shares use the total local job count. Commuter-flow context (who works here vs. lives here) is intentionally omitted until the Delaware panel can identify scoped destinations without overstating cross-border precision — see real work-destination distances in the Mobility section below.

Retail886
Hospitality533
Education489
Healthcare & social assistance460
Logistics / industrial351
Finance238

Source: lodes8 wac de 2023 · 2023 ↗.

Housing

What kinds of homes exist—and where is pressure visible?

Housing estimates describe existing conditions. Permit and development records signal reported activity, not starts, completions, or a complete construction census.

Owner-occupied
80%
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Median owner value
$300,100
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Vacancy rate
8%
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Two-bedroom rent benchmark
$1,629
Source: hud fmr 2027 · 2027 ↗
Owner-home values

A Census estimate, not a market price

These estimates cover owner-occupied homes only. They are not listings, sales, appraisals, or an all-homes measure; the final Census band is open-ended at $2M+.

Median estimate$300,100
Middle half of homes$190,800–$354,900Lower to upper quartile of owner estimates
Luxury-home concentration0%Estimated at $2M+
Under $500k99%
$500–749k1%
$750–999k0%
$1–1.49M0%
$1.5–1.99M0%
$2M+0%

Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗.

Existing housing mix

Detached homes81%
Attached homes9%
Small multifamily6%
5+ unit multifamily2%
Mobility

What is the scheduled supply—and how do workers usually commute?

GTFS measures scheduled service at stops within the boundary. It is not ridership, reliability, or a guarantee that a particular trip is practical. ACS commute modes are a separate survey estimate.

Scheduled stops
12
Source: gtfs dart first state|gtfs septa bus|gtfs septa rail · 2026 ↗
Weekday departures
440
Source: gtfs dart first state|gtfs septa bus|gtfs septa rail · 2026 ↗
Drove alone
76%
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Worked from home
16%
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Typical drive times

About how long does it take to get where people go?

Work destinations are selected from observed resident job flows. These are broad, reviewed planning ranges from representative parts of Camden—not live-traffic or door-to-door predictions.

Dover

Dover is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Camden, representing 42% of matched resident jobs from this place.

15–40 minWeekday morning peak
Details

Local arterial-dominant corridor: distance converted with a reviewed 1.40x circuity factor and an assumed 28 km/h peak-effective / 42 km/h off-peak effective speed, then widened and rounded to a broad band. The morning inbound peak is shown; the evening outbound return is assumed to fall within the same broad band.

Camden

Camden is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Camden, representing 14% of matched resident jobs from this place.

5–20 minWeekday morning peak
Details

Local arterial-dominant corridor: distance converted with a reviewed 1.40x circuity factor and an assumed 28 km/h peak-effective / 42 km/h off-peak effective speed, then widened and rounded to a broad band. The morning inbound peak is shown; the evening outbound return is assumed to fall within the same broad band.

Milford

Milford is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Camden, representing 6% of matched resident jobs from this place.

30–60 minWeekday morning peak
Details

Highway-dominant corridor: distance converted with a reviewed 1.25x circuity factor and an assumed 45 km/h peak-effective / 70 km/h off-peak effective speed, then widened and rounded to a broad band. The morning inbound peak is shown; the evening outbound return is assumed to fall within the same broad band.

Smyrna

Smyrna is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Camden, representing 6% of matched resident jobs from this place.

25–60 minWeekday morning peak
Details

Highway-dominant corridor: distance converted with a reviewed 1.25x circuity factor and an assumed 45 km/h peak-effective / 70 km/h off-peak effective speed, then widened and rounded to a broad band. The morning inbound peak is shown; the evening outbound return is assumed to fall within the same broad band.

Method, review date, and sources

Planning estimate; actual time varies by departure time, route, traffic, weather, incidents, and closures.

Estimates are derived from reviewed origin/destination coordinates using the same documented distance-to-time heuristic as the Washington pilot (circuity factor and assumed effective speed by corridor type and period), then deliberately widened and rounded to a broad band. No live routing or traffic API was called. Two methodology differences from the Washington pilot, both disclosed: each place uses a single Census TIGER internal point as its representative origin rather than three job-weighted directional sample origins, and work destinations are selected from Delaware's own place-to-place LODES flow file rather than block-level clustering—out-of-state commute flows (aggregated to the Pennsylvania/Maryland/New Jersey state level in that source) are excluded because a state has no single routable coordinate.

Estimates reviewed 2026-09-12. Starting point: Camden representative point.

City boundary and regional context● nearby places
Daily life

Institutions and listed activity inside the boundary.

These are bounded inventories, not measures of access, enrollment, foot traffic, or the full local business economy. People routinely use services across place lines.

Local field guide

Places for everyday needs in Camden

Care, errands, food, fitness, and personal services gathered into one browsable directory.

Hospitals0 in cityFind nearby
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Clinics and urgent care5 listedView all
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Pharmacies6 listedView all
Atlantic Apothecary Camden2 S MAIN ST · CAMDEN, DE 19934MapCamden Pharmacy4598 S DUPONT HWY · CAMDEN, DE 19934-1380MapRite Aid Pharmacy 111903004 SOUTH DUPONT HIGHWAY · CAMDEN, DE 19934-1368MapThe Corner Apothecary2 S MAIN ST · CAMDEN, DE 19934-1319MapWalgreens #156322480 S DUPONT HWY · CAMDEN, DE 19934-1226MapWalmart Pharmacy 10-5039263 WALMART DR · CAMDEN, DE 19934-1308MapExplore all pharmacies in MapsOpen
Coffee1 listedView all
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Fitness5 listedView all
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Groceries1 listedView all
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Convenience2 listedView all
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Restaurants19 listedView 8 places
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Salons and barbers9 listedView 8 places
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Counts reflect current directory records associated with the city, not a complete business census or a measure of access. Large categories show a sample.

Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), snapshot 2026-08-13; Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-08-19.0; U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (NPPES NPI Registry), snapshot 2026-09-12.

The schools inside Camden.

Institution counts and enrollment remain separate. A school can serve students from outside the place, and residents may attend a school across the boundary or elsewhere in their district.

Public elementary1
  • Nellie Hughes Stokes Elementary SchoolGrades 0105
Public middle2
  • Delaware Adolescent Program Inc. (DAPI) KentGrades 0612
  • Fred Fifer III Middle SchoolGrades 0608
Public high1
  • Caesar Rodney High SchoolGrades 0912

Public-school names and grade levels come from Delaware Department of Education / Delaware FirstMap ↗.

Civic

Who represents Camden today?

State House and Senate districts are drawn independently of municipal boundaries, so a place can span more than one district per chamber.

Incorporated
1852
Source: Wikipedia, "List of municipalities in Delaware," citing Delaware Public Archives Town and City Histories

State legislature

Senate District 15: Dave Lawson (R)Official page ↗
Senate District 16: Eric Buckson (R)Official page ↗
Senate District 17: Trey Paradee (D)Official page ↗
House District 34: Lyndon D. Yearick (R)Official page ↗

Reflects the current Delaware FirstMap district snapshot; a vacancy, resignation, or mid-term appointment can lag this by a few weeks.

Source: Delaware General Assembly / City of Wilmington, via Delaware FirstMap, checked 2026-09-12.

Camden's own government

Delaware has no single statewide directory of every town's mayor, council, and meeting schedule the way Washington's MRSC covers all 82 cities there, so Metroscope does not yet show a roster for Camden. Its official town site is the current-best source for that.

Camden's official site ↗Delaware municipal elections ↗

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