With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Camden Township works elsewhere
Employers in Camden Township report 394 jobs, and 698 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Camden Township are C− for jobs and income and B for walkability. 1% of workers have no commute at all; Missouri has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Camden Township in brief
Camden Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Camden Township is St. Joseph, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (166) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Camden Township workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 698 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Camden Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Camden Township is better than 22% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Camden Township’s grade up (11.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.0%) is left out: Camden Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Camden Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Camden Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 25 minutes to work from Camden Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Camden Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 917 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% 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.
Camden Township by day and by night
On a workday 588 residents head out to work, 110 work right here, and 284 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Camden Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 2024, primary jobs.
24% of working residents work in St. Joseph
Where Camden Township clocks in
24% of workers
14% of workers
11% 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.
What Camden Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Camden Township, 2014 → 2024: 444 → 394. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Camden Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Camden Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Camden Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Camden Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 926 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.7% of Camden Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Camden Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Camden Township is 4,185th of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 62 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,183 | Independence WI | 1,487 | $58K | 10.4% | 3.8% | 6% | C− |
| 4,184 | Lynn Township MI | 1,113 | $73K | 12.8% | 4.6% | <1% | C− |
| 4,185 | Camden Township MO | 1,626 | $65K | 11.7% | 1.0% | 16% | C− |
| 4,186 | Trumbull Township OH | 1,363 | $56K | 13.4% | 0.0% | 3% | C− |
| 4,187 | Rockland Township PA | 1,215 | $53K | 7.1% | 2.4% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Camden Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Camden Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camden Township | – | C− | B | 25 min | $65,417 |
| Grant Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Adams Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Sherman Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Colfax Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grant Township, Adams Township, Sherman Township and Colfax Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Camden Township’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 2024, 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Camden Township?
$65,417 (±$18,300) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Camden Township?
11.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Camden Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Camden Township work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Joseph (24%, 25 mi), Maysville (14%, 1 mi), Kansas City (11%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Camden Township walkable?
Camden Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Camden Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Camden Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Camden Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.