Camden vs Reading

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

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

Reading has the higher population (1,241 vs 614 in Camden). Camden has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $48,804 in Reading). Camden has the higher median home value ($106,500 vs $103,300 in Reading).

Population, income & housing

	Camden	Reading
Population	614	1,241
Median age	32.2 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$48,804
Median home value	$106,500	$103,300
Median gross rent	$853	$741
Housing units	231	416
Homeownership rate	64.1%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.7%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camden	Reading
Population	675 → 614 (-9.0%)	998 → 1,241 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$43,594 → $51,250 (+17.6%)	$47,721 → $48,804 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$51,200 → $106,500 (+108.0%)	$76,000 → $103,300 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $853 (+1.8%)	$781 → $741 (-5.1%)

Camden

Population

675614

Median household income

$43,594$51,250

Median home value

$51,200$106,500

Median gross rent

$838$853

Reading

Population

9981,241

Median household income

$47,721$48,804

Median home value

$76,000$103,300

Median gross rent

$781$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camden	Reading
Under 5	8.6%	11.0%
5 to 17	25.1%	25.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	7.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	15.5%
45 to 54	15.8%	8.0%
55 to 64	9.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	6.4%	8.2%
75 and over	2.6%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camden	Reading
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camden	Reading
No high school diploma	8.2%	19.8%
High school graduate	54.6%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camden	Reading
Drove alone	72.2%	71.5%
Carpooled	11.0%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	2.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camden	Reading
1-unit, detached	83.1%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	8.2%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Camden	Reading
Poverty rate	26.7%	43.2%
Average household size	2.81	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	1945	1940