Bearden vs Camden

A side-by-side comparison of Bearden and Camden: population, income, housing, and more.

Bearden and Camden are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Camden has the higher population (10,427 vs 793 in Bearden). Camden has the higher median household income ($51,300 vs $28,143 in Bearden). Camden has the higher median home value ($108,800 vs $76,100 in Bearden).

Population, income & housing

	Bearden	Camden
Population	793	10,427
Median age	44.1 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$28,143	$51,300
Median home value	$76,100	$108,800
Median gross rent	$579	$704
Housing units	399	5,583
Homeownership rate	59.7%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bearden	Camden
Population	924 → 793 (-14.2%)	10,999 → 10,427 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$24,400 → $28,143 (+15.3%)	$30,199 → $51,300 (+69.9%)
Median home value	$50,600 → $76,100 (+50.4%)	$77,000 → $108,800 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$489 → $579 (+18.4%)	$511 → $704 (+37.8%)

Bearden

Population

924793

Median household income

$24,400$28,143

Median home value

$50,600$76,100

Median gross rent

$489$579

Camden

Population

10,99910,427

Median household income

$30,199$51,300

Median home value

$77,000$108,800

Median gross rent

$511$704

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bearden	Camden
Under 5	14.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	17.7%
18 to 24	3.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	7.8%	12.6%
35 to 44	22.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.4%
75 and over	2.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bearden	Camden
White (non-Hispanic)	44.8%	42.2%
Black or African American	49.1%	53.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bearden	Camden
No high school diploma	15.4%	13.5%
High school graduate	38.1%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bearden	Camden
Drove alone	77.5%	83.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	4.6%
Other means	5.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bearden	Camden
1-unit, detached	71.4%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Bearden	Camden
Poverty rate	52.0%	18.6%
Average household size	2.85	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1976	1969