Camden vs Lindenwold

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

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

Camden has the higher population (71,471 vs 21,534 in Lindenwold). Lindenwold has the higher median household income ($55,099 vs $40,450 in Camden). Lindenwold has the higher median home value ($168,300 vs $100,400 in Camden).

Population, income & housing

	Camden	Lindenwold
Population	71,471	21,534
Median age	33.4 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,450	$55,099
Median home value	$100,400	$168,300
Median gross rent	$1,157	$1,265
Housing units	27,920	9,601
Homeownership rate	36.0%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camden	Lindenwold
Population	74,002 → 71,471 (-3.4%)	17,320 → 21,534 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$27,015 → $40,450 (+49.7%)	$45,789 → $55,099 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$84,000 → $100,400 (+19.5%)	$124,200 → $168,300 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$922 → $1,157 (+25.5%)	$973 → $1,265 (+30.0%)

Camden

Population

74,00271,471

Median household income

$27,015$40,450

Median home value

$84,000$100,400

Median gross rent

$922$1,157

Lindenwold

Population

17,32021,534

Median household income

$45,789$55,099

Median home value

$124,200$168,300

Median gross rent

$973$1,265

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camden	Lindenwold
Under 5	6.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	21.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	11.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.6%	16.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	6.5%	8.9%
75 and over	4.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camden	Lindenwold
White (non-Hispanic)	3.5%	29.4%
Black or African American	37.7%	33.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	54.2%	28.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camden	Lindenwold
No high school diploma	29.5%	14.1%
High school graduate	35.8%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camden	Lindenwold
Drove alone	53.0%	70.8%
Carpooled	21.1%	12.1%
Public transit	11.4%	5.3%
Walked	4.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.5%
Other means	4.6%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camden	Lindenwold
1-unit, detached	10.7%	30.9%
1-unit, attached	54.6%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	32.4%
20 or more units	10.9%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Camden	Lindenwold
Poverty rate	28.5%	24.3%
Average household size	2.79	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1949	1973