Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,984, laid out in 1818. 32% more nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
Camden’s best subject grades are an A− for cost of living and history and an A for civic life; its weakest is a D for health. 24% of residents live below the poverty line in Camden, above both Ohio’s towns (9.1%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Only 171 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on hazard risk. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 75% of U.S. towns. Camden City Hall and Opera House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Camden has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Camden beats most towns.
Camden City Hall and Opera HouseWhere Camden’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Camden is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 637 in 1860, 1,989 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers and 2 maps from 1911 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Camden, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Camden.
Camden beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 20% of Camden adults smoke cigarettes, above both the Ohio town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 33% of adults get no exercise outside work in Camden.
| Camden | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 28% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Camden | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 20.1% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 8% |
| More adults who get no exercise | 33.2% | 26.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Camden for work: only 8% work in town. Camden’s average trip to work is 30 minutes. Since 2013, Camden has added 100 jobs, to 428 in 2023.
| Camden | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $49,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Camden has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 21° and about 18 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 64% of U.S. communities. Since 1989, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Camden.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical Camden home is worth about $221,000, up 5.6% in a year, 10% below the Ohio typical home. 63% of Camden households own their home.
| Camden | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 63% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $894 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tyler's-Ville Community Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Camden. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
30 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
38 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
38 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
39 mi MuseumCreation Museum1.2M visitors a year
36 mi Stadium & arenaNippert StadiumKings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Creation Museum: Creashin at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Camden
About 3 of every 100 Camden residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
7 notable people were born in Camden.
Village in Ohio, United States
Camden is a village in Preble County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,989 at the 2020 census.
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2 towns share a border with Camden.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camden | — | — | A− | — | C+ | D |
| Somers Township | #788 | C | A− | — | C+ | C− |
| Gasper Township | #797 | C | B− | — | B− | C |
Camden has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Camden, Somers Township and Gasper Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Camden with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
32% more nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
Camden was laid out in 1818 and has 1 place on the National Register of Historic Places. 7 notable people were born here, including Sherwood Anderson and Lee Oras Overholts.
