Camden is a city of 8,267 people in South Carolina. At a median age of 42.4, this is an older place than the country as a whole. The foreign-born share is 5%. Growth has run 24% since 2000, or 1,585 more people. Median rent is $956 a month. Home values have roughly tripled since 2000, reaching $265,300.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $63,576, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.4
US median: 38.9
Average education
39% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 56%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Camden
What changed most since 1990
White share56.4% → 59.4%(+3.0 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Black share43.3% → 31.0%(−12.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Median age39.9 → 42.4(+2.5 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Camden's population equals 12% of Kershaw County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 4.8% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 31% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)22.8%(126)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)30%(166)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era32.2%(178)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.3%(18)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II3.3%(18)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 553 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Camden, decade by decade
Camden population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
6,696
$60,919
$154,804
24.1%
61.8
2000
6,682
$65,960
$170,143
35.0%
62.6
2010
6,838
$65,328
$225,712
36.8%
63.3
2020
7,788
$59,461
$219,743
40.4%
66.8
2024
8,267
$63,576
$265,300
39.1%
68.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
