Camden vs Stephens

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

Camden and Stephens 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 916 in Stephens). Camden has the higher median household income ($51,300 vs $37,361 in Stephens). Camden has the higher median home value ($108,800 vs $52,900 in Stephens).

Population, income & housing

	Camden	Stephens
Population	10,427	916
Median age	39.2 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,300	$37,361
Median home value	$108,800	$52,900
Median gross rent	$704	$416
Housing units	5,583	417
Homeownership rate	58.9%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camden	Stephens
Population	10,999 → 10,427 (-5.2%)	901 → 916 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$30,199 → $51,300 (+69.9%)	$30,192 → $37,361 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $108,800 (+41.3%)	$43,100 → $52,900 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$511 → $704 (+37.8%)	$330 → $416 (+26.1%)

Camden

Population

10,99910,427

Median household income

$30,199$51,300

Median home value

$77,000$108,800

Median gross rent

$511$704

Stephens

Population

901916

Median household income

$30,192$37,361

Median home value

$43,100$52,900

Median gross rent

$330$416

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camden	Stephens
Under 5	6.2%	9.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	14.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	6.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	4.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.7%
75 and over	8.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camden	Stephens
White (non-Hispanic)	42.2%	43.7%
Black or African American	53.2%	52.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camden	Stephens
No high school diploma	13.5%	11.7%
High school graduate	34.8%	55.4%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camden	Stephens
Drove alone	83.6%	77.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	4.4%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camden	Stephens
1-unit, detached	78.5%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Camden	Stephens
Poverty rate	18.6%	18.9%
Average household size	2.45	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1969	1961