Camden vs Homestead

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

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

Homestead has the higher population (161 vs 91 in Camden). Homestead has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $53,750 in Camden). Homestead has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $51,700 in Camden).

Population, income & housing

	Camden	Homestead
Population	91	161
Median age	55.1 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$63,750
Median home value	$51,700	$95,000
Median gross rent	—	$588
Housing units	40	77
Homeownership rate	94.6%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camden	Homestead
Population	269 → 91 (-66.2%)	145 → 161 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$54,167 → $53,750 (-0.8%)	$41,250 → $63,750 (+54.5%)
Median home value	$62,400 → $51,700 (-17.1%)	$61,700 → $95,000 (+54.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$825 → $588 (-28.7%)

Camden

Population

26991

Median household income

$54,167$53,750

Median home value

$62,400$51,700

Homestead

Population

145161

Median household income

$41,250$63,750

Median home value

$61,700$95,000

Median gross rent

$825$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camden	Homestead
Under 5	2.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	2.2%	15.5%
25 to 34	4.4%	3.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	5.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	23.0%
55 to 64	24.2%	21.1%
65 to 74	13.2%	11.2%
75 and over	13.2%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camden	Homestead
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	84.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	8.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camden	Homestead
No high school diploma	9.7%	17.8%
High school graduate	65.3%	56.1%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camden	Homestead
Drove alone	97.5%	61.4%
Carpooled	2.5%	22.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camden	Homestead
1-unit, detached	95.0%	39.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	61.0%

Poverty & households

	Camden	Homestead
Poverty rate	5.5%	4.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	46	39
Median year structure built	1962	1982