Camden Friends Meetinghouse · Photo: Smallbones · CC0At 1.5%, unemployment in Camden is lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
About one in ten stay in Camden for work; outside it, Dover is the main destination (27%, 5 miles). The two grades for Camden are B+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Commuters spend 20 minutes getting to work on average, where Delaware has 26 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Camden: the gist
Camden is where the jobs are
Camden has 3,489 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 6,100 people are in town, 47% more than the 4,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Camden and Dover trade workers both ways
Dover is the top workplace for Camden residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Camden come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Camden are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Delaware. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Delaware worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Camden’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Camden is better than 73% of U.S. towns, #11 of 37 in Delaware. Unemployment holds Camden’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($63,267, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Camden could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Camden fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,381 residents head out to work, 137 work right here, and 3,352 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,100 people are in Camden on a workday afternoon, 47% more than live here.
2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Camden’s workforce comes from
Where Camden clocks in
27% of workers
4% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
About 20 minutes each way for Camden’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Camden workers work from home, vs 15% across Delaware. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,918 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Delaware: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What work there is in Camden: 3,489 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Camden, 2013 → 2023: 2,938 → 3,489. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Camden’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Camden works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Camden: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Camden is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #26 of 37 in Delaware. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.9% across Delaware.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,289 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 99% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 15% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 84% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.8% of Camden households have no vehicle (Delaware 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Camden’s commuters take a bus or train.
Camden next to U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600: 1,133rd of 4,112 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 389 | Clayton DE | 4,527 | $107K | 5.3% | 1.3% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 404 | Greenville DE | 3,713 | $143K | 4.0% | 4.2% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 485 | Townsend DE | 2,985 | $153K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,131 | Blissfield MI | 3,262 | $62K | 2.3% | 2.6% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,132 | Williams Bay WI | 2,935 | $84K | 8.7% | 2.4% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,133 | Camden DE | 4,176 | $63K | 5.3% | 1.5% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,134 | Chalfont PA | 4,419 | $124K | 7.4% | 6.9% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,135 | Bullard TX | 5,301 | $119K | 6.2% | 4.7% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Camden, the top three, the last and three more from Delaware.
Next door to Camden
The biggest share goes to Wyoming (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Camden workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camden | – | B+ | B+ | 20 min | $63,267 |
| Wyoming | 1% | C+ | A− | 21 min | $69,603 |
| Highland Acres | under 2% | B+ | A | 22 min | $102,356 |
| Rodney Village | under 2% | C− | A+ | 20 min | $43,558 |
| Kent Acres | under 2% | B− | A− | 19 min | $91,524 |
| Woodside | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Woodside: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Camden’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Camden: questions
What is the median household income in Camden?
$63,267 (±$15,006) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $84,954 across Delaware and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Camden?
5.3%, against 10.4% across Delaware and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Camden?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Delaware and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Camden work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dover (27%, 5 mi), Milford (4%, 15 mi), Smyrna (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Camden walkable?
Camden is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 13.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Camden without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 15% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Camden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Camden
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.