Camden City Hall and Opera House · Photo: Christopher L. Riley · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Camden trail those of 89% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Camden C−; getting around on foot earns it C−. 23.7% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. About one in ten stay in Camden for work; outside it, Eaton is the main destination (12%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Camden
Camden workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
41% of the jobs in Camden are in trade, transport and utilities, against 18% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Camden pay little
27% of the jobs based in Camden pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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 673 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Camden gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Camden is better than 15% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Camden’s grade up (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: Camden’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Camden could be anywhere from D to C.
About 30 minutes each way for Camden’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Camden workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 683 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
The 428 jobs based in Camden
428 jobs are based in Camden.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Camden, 2013 → 2023: 328 → 428. 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.
Who commutes out of Camden, and who commutes in
On a workday 619 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 374 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Camden on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The places Camden commutes to
Where Camden clocks in
12% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
Camden’s commute, mile by mile
About 17% 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.
Most trips from Camden start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Camden is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Camden 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 759 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). 5.1% of Camden households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Camden’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Camden is 4,324th of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,322 | Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz TX | 2,552 | $46K | 25.3% | 0.0% | 0% | C− |
| 4,323 | Benld IL | 1,403 | $48K | 15.4% | 7.0% | 1% | C− |
| 4,324 | Camden OH | 1,984 | $49K | 23.7% | 3.4% | 8% | C− |
| 4,325 | Elgin OR | 1,689 | $58K | 10.4% | 1.5% | 9% | C− |
| 4,326 | McAdoo PA | 2,474 | $46K | 20.4% | 6.7% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Ohio.
Camden and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Somers Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Camden workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camden | – | C− | C− | 30 min | $49,063 |
| Somers Township | 3% | C+ | B− | 29 min | $64,350 |
| Gasper Township | under 3% | B+ | D− | 32 min | $85,769 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$49,063 (±$23,753) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Camden?
23.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Camden?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Camden work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eaton (12%, 8 mi), Oxford (8%, 10 mi), Middletown (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Camden walkable?
Camden is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Camden without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% 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. 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.