Camden is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,941 people and just one neighborhood, Camden is the 128th largest community in Mississippi.
When you are in Camden, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.27% of Camden’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Camden is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Camden who work in management occupations (10.87%), sales jobs (10.24%), and office and administrative support (9.10%).
Also of interest is that Camden has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Camden’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Camden has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Camden a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Camden, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.95 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Camden doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Camden, just 9.04% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Camden in 2022 was $24,093, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,372 for a family of four. However, Camden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Camden is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Camden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Camden residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Camden include German, Irish, European, English, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Camden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 96.9% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Camden are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 92.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 33.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (24.8%), and 12.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Camden, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (3.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (2.5%), and residents who report English roots (1.4%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (1.2%).
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (75.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (20.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.