Camden vs Springdale

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

Camden and Springdale 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 15,672 in Springdale). Springdale has the higher median household income ($179,531 vs $40,450 in Camden). Springdale has the higher median home value ($454,200 vs $100,400 in Camden).

Population, income & housing

	Camden	Springdale
Population	71,471	15,672
Median age	33.4 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,450	$179,531
Median home value	$100,400	$454,200
Median gross rent	$1,157	$1,193
Housing units	27,920	5,780
Homeownership rate	36.0%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	71.5%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camden	Springdale
Population	74,002 → 71,471 (-3.4%)	13,878 → 15,672 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$27,015 → $40,450 (+49.7%)	$151,431 → $179,531 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$84,000 → $100,400 (+19.5%)	$364,900 → $454,200 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$922 → $1,157 (+25.5%)	$1,281 → $1,193 (-6.9%)

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

Springdale

Population

13,87815,672

Median household income

$151,431$179,531

Median home value

$364,900$454,200

Median gross rent

$1,281$1,193

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camden	Springdale
Under 5	6.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	21.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	11.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.6%	6.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	16.8%
55 to 64	10.9%	17.8%
65 to 74	6.5%	10.3%
75 and over	4.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camden	Springdale
White (non-Hispanic)	3.5%	69.7%
Black or African American	37.7%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	15.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	54.2%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camden	Springdale
No high school diploma	29.5%	3.7%
High school graduate	35.8%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	40.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camden	Springdale
Drove alone	53.0%	58.8%
Carpooled	21.1%	3.2%
Public transit	11.4%	5.1%
Walked	4.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.2%	27.4%
Other means	4.6%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camden	Springdale
1-unit, detached	10.7%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	54.6%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	4.8%
20 or more units	10.9%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Camden	Springdale
Poverty rate	28.5%	6.3%
Average household size	2.79	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1949	1977