Best PlacesCamden, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Camden, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Camden ranks 2,083rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Camden
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
The best areas in Camden
The parts of Camden, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Biedeman, Dudley & Rosedale
Marlton & Stockton
Pyne Poynt, Cooper Point & Cooper Grant
Lanning Square & Bergen Square
Fairview, Whitman Park & Morgan Village
Parkside
Cramer Hill
Waterfront South
Scores across Camden run from about the 2nd to the 67th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Camden's strengths and weaknesses
Where Camden ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of cities
- TransitBetter than 94% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of cities
- BikingBetter than 85% of cities
Where Camden ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 1% of cities
- Household income$45,599 median, better than only 1% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Camden
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Camden home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,599, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Camden's effective rate of 1.77%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Camden
Camden runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Camden.
Who works in Camden, and how
Work in Camden centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 21%
Life in Camden
Camden has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of cities and more parkland per resident than 89% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Camden and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Camden, month by month
Camden sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Camden
Philadelphia International sits about 9 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 14.8 million passengers in 2025, with 179 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Camden
Schools across Camden average an F, better than 1% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Meredith William M SchA+ · 95% proficient
- Van Sciver Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Mark Newbie Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- William G. Rohrer Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Chestnut Ridge Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Howard M. Phifer Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Haddon Township High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Washington Township High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Collingswood High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Camden school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Camden measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Camden against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Camden suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Camden
Is Camden a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Camden ranks 2,083rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on walkability, cell coverage, and transit, and lowest on the schools and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Camden expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $124,219. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $45,599 median income, cost of living beats 0% of cities.
Is Camden safe?
Camden is safer than 2% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $452 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Camden?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 27. That works out to about 65 pleasant days a year, more than 16% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Camden?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Biedeman, Dudley & Rosedale, Marlton & Stockton, and Pyne Poynt, Cooper Point & Cooper Grant. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Camden with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Camden. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Camden represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Camden detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Camden: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Camden: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Camden: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Camden: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Camden detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.