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How Camden's prices compare to the US city average across major spending categories.
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Your $100,000 in Camden has the same purchasing power as $94,268 in the average US city. You'd need $5,732 more here to maintain that standard of living.
Demographics and workforce data from the US Census ACS 5-Year.
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Climate, safety, and walkability indicators.
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These are the reasons people actually move to Camden, ordered roughly by what shows up loudest in the data. Among the safer US cities of its size and daily errands don't require a car lead — the rest unpacked below.
The reported crime rate in Camden runs about -24 per 100,000 residents — meaningfully below the national norm. People who care about safety as a baseline rather than a feature tend to land in cities with numbers like these.
With a citywide Walk Score of 56/100, Camden sits firmly in the walkable-by-US-standards camp. Pick a central neighborhood and most daily errands happen without keys in your hand. Transit Score comes in at 56/100 too, so even the trips that are too far to walk are usually doable on a bus or train.
Reasons are pulled from Camden's actual data — Census ACS, BLS, BEA, NOAA, EPA AQS, FBI, and Walk Score. We don't list positives that aren't supported by the numbers, which is why different cities show different sections.
Snow is a regular feature, not a surprise. With winter temperatures hovering near 28°F, Camden sees enough snowfall that locals don't think twice about it but also enough mild stretches that nobody owns three pairs of boots.
A real winter, but not a punishing one. Camden averages roughly 28°F in winter, with the coldest mornings dipping into the single digits a few times a year and most days landing somewhere between "chilly" and "actually cold".
Reliably warm. Camden's summer averages around 86°F, the kind of heat where you remember to leave the house before noon for outdoor things and accept that the back of your shirt will be wet by lunchtime.
Zone 8, give or take a half-zone. Camden's typical winter low puts it in that band on the USDA Hardiness map, which is what nurseries label plants against. Use Zone 8 as your starting filter; the USDA's interactive map is more precise for borderline cases.
Barely above the water. Camden is at about 16 feet (5 m) elevation, and parts of the city are essentially at sea level. Flood-zone maps are worth checking before buying a house.
Atlantic basin storms can form from June 1 to November 30, but the serious ones cluster in August, September, and the first half of October. Residents of Camden learn the season's rhythm fast: watch the cone, board up when it's the call, and don't shrug off the slow-mover storms — those are usually the ones that flood.
The headline number is reassuring. Camden's reported incident rate of about -24 per 100,000 is comfortably below the US norm of around 3,500 per 100k. Specific neighborhoods always vary, but the broader picture is on the safer side.
It's a middle-of-the-road US city on cost. Camden's index of 106 sits within a few points of the national average — your money buys roughly what it would in a typical American metro.
In parts, yes. With a citywide Walk Score of 56/100, Camden has genuinely walkable neighborhoods alongside more sprawled stretches. Transit Score is 56 out of 100. If walkability matters to you, the neighborhood choice will matter more than the city-level number.
As a rule of thumb, plan on about $74,256 to live in Camden the way a $70,000 earner lives in a typical US city. The math gets less forgiving the lower you go below that. Median rent in Camden runs about $1,091/mo — keeping housing under 30% of gross income points to a similar floor on what you'd want to earn.