City comparison
Bloomington, MN is about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from Camden, NJ in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,200 miles, or about 21 hours (about 2 days at 10 h/day) behind the wheel at highway speeds.
Driving distance is a rough estimate (great-circle × 1.25); driving time assumes a 60 mph blended average. Real trips run 10–20% longer with stops.
A direct flight from Bloomington, MN to Camden, NJ takes about 1 h 58 min, covering roughly 1,000 miles in a straight line. Connecting itineraries with a layover typically add 1–3 hours.
Block-to-block estimate at ~500 mph cruise, including taxi, climb, and descent — what an airline would publish, not pure airborne time.
Bloomington, MN is on Central Time and Camden, NJ is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Bloomington, it's 1 p.m. in Camden, which puts Bloomington 1 hours behind.
Standard-time offsets. Daylight saving applies in both cities for most of the year (exceptions: Hawaii and most of Arizona), and the gap between the two stays the same.
Bloomington has a population of 89,244, vs 71,799 in Camden — about 1.2× larger by population. By land area, Bloomington covers about 35 sq mi vs 8.9 sq mi for Camden.
Population from US Census ACS. Land area from the Census Gazetteer (city proper, excluding inland water).
Cost indices by category, with the US city average (100) marked.
Index: 100 = US city average. Lower is more affordable.
Side-by-side costs, salaries, and sub-category indices.
| Metric | Bloomington | Camden | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,426/mo | $1,091/mo | 30.7% higher in Bloomington |
| Median home value | $327,100 | $95,700 | 241.8% higher in Bloomington |
| Median household income | $87,381 | $36,258 | 141.0% higher in Bloomington |
| Groceries index | 102.5 | 97.2 | 5.4% higher in Bloomington |
| Utilities index | 93.3 | 113.0 | 21.1% higher in Camden |
| Transportation index | 103.7 | 102.4 | 1.3% higher in Bloomington |
| Healthcare index | 103.9 | 103.2 | 0.7% higher in Bloomington |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Bloomington, you'd need $100,019 in Camden to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Bloomington and Camden have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. If you earn $80,000 in Bloomington, you'd need about $80,015 in Camden to keep the same standard of living.