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Camden County growth

144 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Camden County

Housing units the county's permit offices authorized, by year, from the Census Bureau.

New housing units permitted in Camden County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026118118
Jan–Sep 2025103103
2025144144
2024105105
20236565
20226262
20217575
2020101101
20198383
  • Sep 20264
  • Aug 20263
  • Jul 20268
  • Jun 202618
  • May 20269
  • Apr 202623
  • Mar 202617
  • Feb 202622
  • Jan 202614
  • Dec 20254
  • Nov 202522
  • Oct 202515

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Camden County

  • Population11,315Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+910 (+8.7%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents12.72025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$91,0782020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$14,321

Jobs in Camden County

  • Jobs in the county1,198Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+31 (+2.7%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,0322025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Camden County

Change in the price of homes sold or refinanced more than once (the FHFA repeat-sales index).

  • Home prices, 1 year+2%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+57%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

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About these numbersSources, dates and how these figures are built

New homes

U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2019-01 to 2026-09; annual files 2019-2025, posted May 14, 2026; the monthly files through Sep 2026, posted Oct 27, 2026. New housing units authorized by building permits, reported plus imputed. A month is the figure in that month's file; a year is the annual file, which adds late and corrected reports, so twelve months need not add up to the year. Public domain.

People

U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025, July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025, posted Mar 26, 2026. Public domain.

Income

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, 2020-2024 (2024 dollars), posted Jan 29, 2026. Median household income; printed at a coefficient of variation of 30% or less. Public domain.

Jobs

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2020-2025 annual averages, posted Aug 21, 2026. All industries, all ownerships, jobs covered by unemployment insurance; place of work. Public domain.

Data edition

Figures as of Oct 27, 2026. Area figures, not any one parcel's.