Camden vs South Mills

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

Camden and South Mills are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Camden has the higher population (1,072 vs 294 in South Mills). Camden has the higher median household income ($81,583 vs $73,676 in South Mills). Camden has the higher median home value ($360,200 vs $265,700 in South Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Camden	South Mills
Population	1,072	294
Median age	36.8 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,583	$73,676
Median home value	$360,200	$265,700
Median gross rent	$1,119	—
Housing units	460	90
Homeownership rate	45.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	20.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camden	South Mills
Population	809 → 1,072 (+32.5%)	456 → 294 (-35.5%)
Median household income	$44,630 → $81,583 (+82.8%)	—
Median home value	$253,300 → $360,200 (+42.2%)	$142,700 → $265,700 (+86.2%)
Median gross rent	$965 → $1,119 (+16.0%)	—

Camden

Population

8091,072

Median household income

$44,630$81,583

Median home value

$253,300$360,200

Median gross rent

$965$1,119

South Mills

Population

456294

Median home value

$142,700$265,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camden	South Mills
Under 5	3.6%	26.9%
5 to 17	22.8%	12.2%
18 to 24	9.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.6%	36.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.8%	14.6%
55 to 64	16.4%	5.8%
65 to 74	2.7%	4.1%
75 and over	4.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camden	South Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	95.9%
Black or African American	11.7%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camden	South Mills
No high school diploma	10.9%	16.2%
High school graduate	14.0%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camden	South Mills
Drove alone	70.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	7.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camden	South Mills
1-unit, detached	32.4%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	33.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.7%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	Camden	South Mills
Poverty rate	0.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.73	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1997	1945