Photo: Huw Williams (Huwmanbeing) · Public domainCamden has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 27 minutes each way; Indiana averages 24, the U.S. 26. Employers in Camden report 57 jobs, and 277 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Camden; the top destination outside it is Lafayette (18%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Camden, in brief
Camden is a place people come home to
There are 57 jobs based in Camden, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Camden has about 380 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Camden’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Camden is Lafayette, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (49) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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; with 277 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Camden by day
On a workday 272 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Camden on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Camden’s commute, mile by mile
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Where the trip to work from Camden ends
Where Camden clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
Making and building: 40% of jobs based in Camden
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Camden, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 57. 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.
Camden’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Camden workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 230 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
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?
$53,000 (±$12,325) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Camden?
10.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Camden?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Camden work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (18%, 22 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 61 mi), Logansport (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Camden without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.