Allen vs Camden

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

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

Camden has the higher population (614 vs 212 in Allen). Allen has the higher median household income ($61,667 vs $51,250 in Camden). Allen has the higher median home value ($121,400 vs $106,500 in Camden).

Population, income & housing

	Allen	Camden
Population	212	614
Median age	47.0 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,667	$51,250
Median home value	$121,400	$106,500
Median gross rent	—	$853
Housing units	102	231
Homeownership rate	91.1%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	2.7%
Unemployment rate	24.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen	Camden
Population	289 → 212 (-26.6%)	675 → 614 (-9.0%)
Median household income	$43,000 → $61,667 (+43.4%)	$43,594 → $51,250 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$76,900 → $121,400 (+57.9%)	$51,200 → $106,500 (+108.0%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $519 (-14.2%)	$838 → $853 (+1.8%)

Allen

Population

289212

Median household income

$43,000$61,667

Median home value

$76,900$121,400

Median gross rent

$605$519

Camden

Population

675614

Median household income

$43,594$51,250

Median home value

$51,200$106,500

Median gross rent

$838$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen	Camden
Under 5	7.5%	8.6%
5 to 17	12.3%	25.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	17.5%	15.8%
55 to 64	8.5%	9.3%
65 to 74	15.6%	6.4%
75 and over	9.0%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen	Camden
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen	Camden
No high school diploma	29.4%	8.2%
High school graduate	36.6%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen	Camden
Drove alone	78.2%	72.2%
Carpooled	19.2%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen	Camden
1-unit, detached	82.4%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Allen	Camden
Poverty rate	29.2%	26.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1938	1945