Big Sandy vs Camden

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

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

Camden has the higher population (3,664 vs 589 in Big Sandy). Camden has the higher median household income ($48,700 vs $43,036 in Big Sandy). Camden has the higher median home value ($123,600 vs $62,300 in Big Sandy).

Population, income & housing

	Big Sandy	Camden
Population	589	3,664
Median age	36.8 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,036	$48,700
Median home value	$62,300	$123,600
Median gross rent	$692	$820
Housing units	348	1,609
Homeownership rate	49.0%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Sandy	Camden
Population	663 → 589 (-11.2%)	3,582 → 3,664 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$25,625 → $43,036 (+67.9%)	$30,912 → $48,700 (+57.5%)
Median home value	$62,200 → $62,300 (+0.2%)	$95,100 → $123,600 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $692 (+2.8%)	$644 → $820 (+27.3%)

Big Sandy

Population

663589

Median household income

$25,625$43,036

Median home value

$62,200$62,300

Median gross rent

$673$692

Camden

Population

3,5823,664

Median household income

$30,912$48,700

Median home value

$95,100$123,600

Median gross rent

$644$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Sandy	Camden
Under 5	8.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	16.3%
18 to 24	4.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	14.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	7.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	14.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	9.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.6%
75 and over	10.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Sandy	Camden
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Sandy	Camden
No high school diploma	14.8%	9.3%
High school graduate	54.2%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Sandy	Camden
Drove alone	82.7%	85.4%
Carpooled	8.4%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	3.2%
Other means	6.8%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Sandy	Camden
1-unit, detached	69.8%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Big Sandy	Camden
Poverty rate	17.3%	19.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1978	1967