Camden is a somewhat small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 8,899 people and six associated neighborhoods, Camden is the 59th largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Camden is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Camden is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Camden who work in office and administrative support (11.97%), sales jobs (10.63%), and business and financial occupations (10.36%). Also of interest is that Camden has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One downside of living in Camden, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.81 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small city, Camden does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Camden citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.10% of adults in Camden have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Camden in 2022 was $41,218, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $164,872 for a family of four. However, Camden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Camden is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Camden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Camden residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Camden include English, German, Scots-Irish, Irish, and Greek. The most common language spoken in Camden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
