Camden vs Dover Base Housing

A side-by-side comparison of Camden and Dover Base Housing: population, income, housing, and more.

Camden and Dover Base Housing are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Camden has the higher population (4,011 vs 3,026 in Dover Base Housing). Dover Base Housing has the higher median household income ($71,181 vs $61,895 in Camden). Since 2019, Camden's population has grown faster (+15.1% vs -16.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Camden	Dover Base Housing
Population	4,011	3,026
Median age	35.9 yrs	25.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,895	$71,181
Median home value	$268,800	—
Median gross rent	$1,463	$1,953
Housing units	1,740	1,268
Homeownership rate	80.1%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	45.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camden	Dover Base Housing
Population	3,484 → 4,011 (+15.1%)	3,614 → 3,026 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$65,568 → $61,895 (-5.6%)	$43,967 → $71,181 (+61.9%)
Median home value	$208,800 → $268,800 (+28.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,623 → $1,463 (-9.9%)	$1,568 → $1,953 (+24.6%)

Camden

Population

3,4844,011

Median household income

$65,568$61,895

Median home value

$208,800$268,800

Median gross rent

$1,623$1,463

Dover Base Housing

Population

3,6143,026

Median household income

$43,967$71,181

Median gross rent

$1,568$1,953

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camden	Dover Base Housing
Under 5	6.0%	9.5%
5 to 17	13.6%	26.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	13.0%
25 to 34	22.1%	26.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	16.8%
45 to 54	4.6%	5.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	1.0%
65 to 74	13.2%	1.8%
75 and over	10.5%	0.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camden	Dover Base Housing
White (non-Hispanic)	48.1%	55.8%
Black or African American	38.2%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	31.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camden	Dover Base Housing
No high school diploma	5.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	25.1%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camden	Dover Base Housing
Drove alone	75.7%	82.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	14.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camden	Dover Base Housing
1-unit, detached	87.1%	4.1%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	88.6%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Camden	Dover Base Housing
Poverty rate	6.3%	2.4%
Average household size	2.48	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	21	12
Median year structure built	2002	2001