Camden vs Smyrna

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

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

Smyrna has the higher population (13,031 vs 4,011 in Camden). Smyrna has the higher median household income ($70,473 vs $61,895 in Camden). Smyrna has the higher median home value ($273,400 vs $268,800 in Camden).

Population, income & housing

	Camden	Smyrna
Population	4,011	13,031
Median age	35.9 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,895	$70,473
Median home value	$268,800	$273,400
Median gross rent	$1,463	$1,398
Housing units	1,740	5,227
Homeownership rate	80.1%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camden	Smyrna
Population	3,484 → 4,011 (+15.1%)	11,484 → 13,031 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$65,568 → $61,895 (-5.6%)	$67,277 → $70,473 (+4.8%)
Median home value	$208,800 → $268,800 (+28.7%)	$206,400 → $273,400 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,623 → $1,463 (-9.9%)	$1,110 → $1,398 (+25.9%)

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

Smyrna

Population

11,48413,031

Median household income

$67,277$70,473

Median home value

$206,400$273,400

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,398

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camden	Smyrna
Under 5	6.0%	10.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	22.1%	17.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	15.3%
45 to 54	4.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	8.3%
65 to 74	13.2%	9.2%
75 and over	10.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camden	Smyrna
White (non-Hispanic)	48.1%	54.9%
Black or African American	38.2%	30.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camden	Smyrna
No high school diploma	5.8%	7.2%
High school graduate	25.1%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camden	Smyrna
Drove alone	75.7%	80.2%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.8%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camden	Smyrna
1-unit, detached	87.1%	46.4%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	31.4%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	15.2%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Camden	Smyrna
Poverty rate	6.3%	8.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	2002	2002