Camden is a somewhat small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 8,213 people and six associated neighborhoods, Camden is the 59th largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Camden is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Camden is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Camden who work in sales jobs (12.19%), management occupations (11.51%), and office and administrative support (9.73%). Of important note, Camden is also a city of artists. Camden has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Camden’s character. 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.46% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small city, Camden does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Camden citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.50% of adults in Camden have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Camden in 2022 was $38,569, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $154,276 for a family of four. However, Camden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Camden is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. 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 White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Camden include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Camden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
