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Camden, SC
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Camden profile


Living in Camden



Camden is a somewhat small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 8,213 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Camden is the 59th largest community in South Carolina.

Of important note, Camden is also a city of artists. Camden has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Camden’s character.

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.

A relatively large number of people in Camden telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.47% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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%): 37.92% of adults in Camden have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Camden in 2018 was $34,992, 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 $139,968 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, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Camden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.


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