Camden is a city in Camden County, New Jersey, home to about 71,496 people across 8.9 square miles. Its ZIP codes are 08102, 08103, 08104 and 08105, and parts of 08109 and 08110 are in Camden too.
Homes sold for a median of $144 per square foot across 4 ZIP codes in the three months ending August 2026, and 2 of 4 were seller’s markets.
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Mostly Pennsauken; part is in Camden
Mostly Pennsauken; part is in Camden
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Camden. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
Camden grew from ferry landings on the Delaware River directly across from Philadelphia. A ferry license on the site dates to 1688, and the Cooper family ran a ferry at Cooper's Ferry from 1695. By the early 1800s three small settlements had formed around the landings at Coopers Point, with taverns and hotels serving travelers. They were combined into a single municipality, incorporated in 1828, and Camden became the seat of the new Camden County in 1848. The Camden and Amboy Railroad, chartered in 1830 and opened in 1834, linked the city's ferry terminals with South Amboy and New York.
Through the late 1800s and early 1900s Camden became a major manufacturing city. By 1870 it had 125 recorded manufacturers, and it later became home to the Esterbrook pen works, the Victor Talking Machine Company (later RCA Victor), the New York Shipbuilding yard and the Campbell Soup Company, which was founded in 1869 and still keeps its headquarters in the city. Shipyards here built warships in both world wars, and the federal government built Yorkship Village, now Fairview, as a planned garden village for shipyard workers during World War I.
Walt Whitman bought a two-story frame house on Mickle Street in 1884, the only house he ever owned, and lived there until his death in 1892. The Benjamin Franklin Bridge to Philadelphia was completed in 1926. After manufacturing moved away in the second half of the 20th century, the waterfront was rebuilt around an aquarium, a concert amphitheater, the Battleship New Jersey museum and the growing Rutgers University-Camden campus, and the former RCA Victor building known as the Nipper Building was converted to apartments.
Camden is a compact riverfront city with more than 20 recognized neighborhoods, including Downtown and the Waterfront, Cooper Grant, North Camden, Lanning Square, Bergen Square, Parkside, Whitman Park, Cramer Hill, East Camden, Rosedale, Stockton, Fairview, Morgan Village, Centerville, Liberty Park and Waterfront South. Downtown takes in City Hall, the Walter Rand Transportation Center and the Rutgers-Camden campus, a short walk from the riverfront.
Some of the city's oldest residential blocks line Cooper Street between 2nd and 7th streets, a National Register historic district of Federal, Greek Revival and late Victorian buildings next to the Rutgers campus. Near the waterfront, the former Victor Talking Machine factory known as the Nipper Building now holds rental apartments. Fairview keeps the layout of its World War I garden-village plan, centered on Yorkship Square.
Cooper Grant, Cramer Hill and Fairview are among the neighborhoods that have seen recent rebuilding and rehabilitation. Camden's public schools are run by the city's own board of education. Wiggins Waterfront Park gives downtown a riverfront promenade, and county parks such as Pyne Poynt Park and New Camden Park serve other parts of the city.
Camden is one of the best-connected places in South Jersey for reaching Philadelphia without a car. The PATCO Speedline stops at Broadway, inside the Walter Rand Transportation Center, and at City Hall before continuing into Center City Philadelphia, where it stops at Franklin Square, 8th and Market, and three Locust Street stations ending at 15th-16th Street. In the other direction it runs through Collingswood, Haddonfield and Cherry Hill to Lindenwold.
NJ Transit's River LINE light rail has downtown and waterfront stops at Walter Rand, Cooper Street-Rutgers, Aquarium and the Waterfront Entertainment Center, and runs north to the Trenton Transit Center, with a transfer to the Atlantic City Line at Pennsauken Transit Center. Walter Rand is also the hub for NJ Transit buses, including route 400, which links Camden with Blackwood, Sicklerville and Williamstown, 413 to Mount Holly and Florence, 419 to Riverside, 450 to the Cherry Hill Mall via Audubon and Collingswood, and 457 to Haddonfield, Cherry Hill and the Moorestown Mall.
By car, the Benjamin Franklin Bridge leads straight into Philadelphia from the edge of downtown. Downtown, the waterfront and the Rutgers campus sit close together, so the core can be covered on foot.
The Camden Waterfront is the main destination. Wiggins Waterfront Park, about 51 acres at Riverside Drive and Martin Luther King Boulevard, has a riverside promenade, a marina and the Riverstage for outdoor concerts. Nearby are Adventure Aquarium and a large outdoor amphitheater that hosts touring concerts. The Battleship New Jersey, commissioned in 1943 and now a museum and memorial at 62 Battleship Place, offers self-guided visits, guided and engine-room tours, and overnight stays aboard.
The Walt Whitman House on Mickle Street, a National Historic Landmark run by the state, holds the poet's letters, belongings and the bed in which he died, along with an 1848 daguerreotype that is the earliest known image of him. The Camden County Historical Society at 1900 Park Boulevard has exhibits on local manufacturing and the American Revolution, a research library, and Pomona Hall, an 18th-century house dated 1726 that opens for tours on set days.
Other public spaces include Pyne Poynt Park and New Camden Park, both county parks, and the Rutgers University-Camden campus. The Cooper Street historic district makes a short architectural walk between the waterfront and downtown.
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Get matched| Nearest major airport | Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)9 miles away |
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| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Philadelphia, PA5 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Camden; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Camden had 71,791 residents in the 2020 census, down 10% since 2000.
It’s the 15th largest of 565 towns in New Jersey by population.
Camden County grew from 107,643 residents in 1900 to 523,485 in 2020.
Camden County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 89°F in summer, and winter lows average 28°F. About 50.9 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 16 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Phila Franklin Inst, PA weather station (4 miles away).
190,853 jobs at 11,541 businesses in Camden County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
2,123 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Camden’s ZIP codes.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Primary care doctors | 212 |
|---|---|
| Specialist doctors | 1,082 |
| Dentists | 31 |
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 550 |
| Mental health providers | 209 |
| Physical and occupational therapists | 33 |
| Optometrists | 4 |
| Chiropractors | 2 |
| Pharmacies | 36 |
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Parks (39 nearby)
Grocery stores (9 nearby)
Pharmacies (14 nearby)
Libraries (4 nearby)
Museums (6 nearby)
Theaters and performance venues (12 nearby)
Counts are within about 2 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
Established in 1626.
Colleges and universities
Notable people born here
Source: Wikidata (wikidata.org), the free knowledge base; people are listed by place of birth.
Public schools here are run by Camden's Promise Charter School, Camden City School District, Camden Prep Inc. and others. Check each district’s attendance zones for a specific address.
| School | Grades | Students | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camden's Promise Charter SchoolCamden | Pre-K–12 | 2,457 | Charter | 1.7 mi |
| Cooper's Poynt Family SchoolCamden | Pre-K–8 | 381 | Public | 1.6 mi |
| Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary SchoolCamden | Pre-K–8 | 515 | Public | 1.8 mi |
| Martha F. Wilson Early Childhood Development CenterCamden | Pre-K | 306 | Public | 0.1 mi |
| Octavius V. Catto Community Family SchoolCamden | Pre-K–8 | 593 | Public | 1.5 mi |
| Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood CenterCamden | Pre-K–3 | 349 | Public | 1.1 mi |
| Thomas H. Dudley Family SchoolCamden | Pre-K–8 | 549 | Public | 0.8 mi |
| Veterans Memorial Family SchoolCamden | Pre-K–8 | 474 | Public | 1.3 mi |
| Yorkship Elementary SchoolCamden | Pre-K–5 | 310 | Public | 2.2 mi |
| Camden Prep Inc.Camden | K–12 | 1,498 | Public | 0.8 mi |
| Forest Hill SchoolCamden | K–6 | 339 | Public | 0.2 mi |
| Henry B. Wilson Family SchoolCamden | K–8 | 377 | Public | 1.4 mi |
| Hope Community Charter SchoolCamden | K–8 | 115 | Charter | 1.1 mi |
| KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit CorporationCamden | K–12 | 2,280 | Public | 0.9 mi |
| Leap Academy University Charter SchoolCamden | K–12 | 1,540 | Charter | 1.1 mi |
| Mastery Schools of Camden Inc.Camden | K–12 | 2,873 | Public | 1.0 mi |
| Camden VirtuaCamden | 5–12 | — | Alternative Education | 0.6 mi |
| Morgan Village Middle SchoolCamden | 6–8 | 203 | Public | 1.6 mi |
| Camden Big Picture Learning AcademyCamden | 7–12 | 150 | Public | 0.2 mi |
| Camden High SchoolCamden | 9–12 | 425 | Public | 0.2 mi |
| Creative Arts High SchoolCamden | 9–12 | 209 | Public | 0.2 mi |
| Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High SchoolCamden | 9–12 | 179 | Public | 0.2 mi |
| Eastside High SchoolCamden | 9–12 | 512 | Public | 1.5 mi |
| School | Grades | Students | Affiliation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Grade SchoolCamden | Pre-K–8 | 167 | Roman Catholic | 1.4 mi |
| St Joseph Pro-Cathedral SchoolCamden | Pre-K–8 | 354 | Roman Catholic | 1.3 mi |
| Camden Forward School/Urban Promise AcademyPennsauken | K–8 | 96 | Christian (no specific denomination) | 1.8 mi |
| Holy Name SchoolCamden | K–8 | 145 | Roman Catholic | 1.4 mi |
| St Joseph Pro Cathedral SchoolCamden | K–8 | 336 | Roman Catholic | 1.3 mi |
| River Academy CamdenCamden | 6–11 | 20 | Nonsectarian | 1.4 mi |
| Alif Muhammad Nia SchoolNewark | 8–12 | 100 | Nonsectarian | 73.9 mi |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, NCES: Common Core of Data (2024-2025) for public schools; Private School Universe Survey (2023-2024) for private schools. Listed by address; we don’t rate schools.
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