Camden vs Elgin

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

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

Camden has the higher population (8,025 vs 2,176 in Elgin). Elgin has the higher median household income ($84,219 vs $53,289 in Camden). Camden has the higher median home value ($241,300 vs $204,300 in Elgin).

Population, income & housing

	Camden	Elgin
Population	8,025	2,176
Median age	42.3 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,289	$84,219
Median home value	$241,300	$204,300
Median gross rent	$803	$1,288
Housing units	4,092	758
Homeownership rate	69.8%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camden	Elgin
Population	7,100 → 8,025 (+13.0%)	1,757 → 2,176 (+23.8%)
Median household income	$47,711 → $53,289 (+11.7%)	$60,625 → $84,219 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$159,700 → $241,300 (+51.1%)	$147,100 → $204,300 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $803 (+19.7%)	$1,078 → $1,288 (+19.5%)

Camden

Population

7,1008,025

Median household income

$47,711$53,289

Median home value

$159,700$241,300

Median gross rent

$671$803

Elgin

Population

1,7572,176

Median household income

$60,625$84,219

Median home value

$147,100$204,300

Median gross rent

$1,078$1,288

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camden	Elgin
Under 5	7.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.6%	26.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	3.9%
25 to 34	6.6%	14.9%
35 to 44	16.2%	14.8%
45 to 54	9.7%	14.2%
55 to 64	15.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	13.5%	7.8%
75 and over	9.7%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camden	Elgin
White (non-Hispanic)	58.7%	73.6%
Black or African American	29.7%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camden	Elgin
No high school diploma	8.6%	7.4%
High school graduate	21.3%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camden	Elgin
Drove alone	83.4%	79.9%
Carpooled	10.1%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	11.9%
Other means	2.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camden	Elgin
1-unit, detached	74.3%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Camden	Elgin
Poverty rate	16.7%	4.8%
Average household size	2.23	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1973	1995