East Camden median real estate prices are $85,956, which is less expensive than 98.5% of New Jersey neighborhoods and 81.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Average rental prices in East Camden are currently $369, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price then 98.4% of New Jersey neighborhoods.

East Camden is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Camden, New Jersey.

East Camden real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) townhomes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the East Camden neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.

Home and apartment vacancy rates are 6.7% in East Camden. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 59.6% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies.

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Did you know that the East Camden neighborhood has more Puerto Rican and Dominican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 47.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Puerto Rican ancestry and 10.5% have Dominican ancestry.

East Camden is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 59.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 95.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the East Camden neighborhood about it; they already know. 31.7% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.7% of American neighborhoods. Further NeighborhoodScout research showed strong statistical correlations among high rates of children living in single parent households, and neighborhood crime, particularly violent crime, neighborhood poverty, and, importantly, the percentage of low weight births and rates of infant mortality.

In addition, one of the unique characteristics of the East Camden neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 97.8% of the neighborhoods in America. The East Camden neighborhood also has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (61.2%) than found in 96.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.

Also, the East Camden neighborhood is unique for having just 4.3% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.1% of America's neighborhoods.

Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the East Camden (36.1%) than in 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, if you love row houses and attached homes, you will probably really like the East Camden neighborhood. The ambiance, the charm, of row houses is something special. And in shear abundance of row houses, this neighborhood truly stands out. The real estate here has a higher proportion of row houses and attached homes than nearly any neighborhood in America. In fact, 43.3% of the residential real estate here is classified as row houses and attached homes.

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the East Camden neighborhood in Camden are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 97.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 61.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place. In the East Camden neighborhood, 37.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.6%), and 18.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior - comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures. In the East Camden neighborhood in Camden, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Puerto Rican (47.6%). There are also a number of people of Dominican ancestry (10.5%) , and residents who report Mexican roots (7.1%) , and some of the residents are also of Jamaican ancestry (2.6%) , along with some West Indian ancestry residents (2.6%), among others. In addition, 22.1% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

The most common language spoken in the East Camden neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 59.0% of households. Some people also speak English (39.2%).

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in East Camden neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (52.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (36.1%) and 7.9% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.