Village · Preble County, Ohio

Camden, Ohio

Camden is a village in Preble County, Ohio. It has 2,029 residents. Camden, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 22 out of 100 (low), ranking #12,158 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #615 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on public libraries (high), violent crime rate (low) and property crime rate (low). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), primary care physicians (low) and dentists (low).

22Low

Quality-of-life score: #12,158 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #615 of 684 in OH
Population: 2,029 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,634.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 3911024

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety73#4,219/15,637
Economy24#11,891/15,631
Housing87#1,930/14,977
Health14#13,359/15,609
Healthcare18#12,861/15,650
Environment31#10,684/15,453
Education25#11,804/15,649
Infrastructure27#11,403/15,650
Community30#10,997/15,651
Leisure & amenities1#15,421/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Camden, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Preble County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Public libraries · high2.7 /10k
95/100Ohio 0.7 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesPreble County value
Violent crime rate · low71 /100k
93/100Ohio 276 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figurePreble County value
Property crime rate · low432 /100k
92/100Ohio 1,429 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figurePreble County value
Drought exposure · low2%
90/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAPreble County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Ohio 6.6United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationPreble County value
Job growth · high2.2%
90/100Ohio -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataPreble County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.5 /10k
1/100Ohio 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPreble County value
Primary care physicians · low15 /100k
2/100Ohio 77 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePreble County value
Dentists · low15 /100k
2/100Ohio 66 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePreble County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low35.1%
4/100Ohio 84.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePreble County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low8.6%
5/100Ohio 31.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Restaurants and bars · low3.9 /10k
5/100Ohio 8.2 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPreble County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,858 (2015-2019) → 2,029 (2020-2024)
+9.2%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.0% (2015-2019) → 88.2% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
26.7% (2015-2019) → 34.7% (2020-2024)
+8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
High school diploma or higherImproving
85.0% (2015-2019) → 92.2% (2020-2024)
+7.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Unemployment rateImproving
9.3% (2015-2019) → 3.4% (2020-2024)
−5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$38,000 (2015-2019) → $49,063 (2020-2024)
+29%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Camden, Ohio improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+17 points71.0% → 88.2%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Camden, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.1 min2015-2019	30.4 min2020-2024	+2.3 min	Within the margin of error	25%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%2015-2019	8.6%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Broadband subscriptions	71.0%2015-2019	88.2%2020-2024	+17 points	Improved	85%
Child poverty rate	26.7%2015-2019	34.7%2020-2024	+8 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Effective property tax rate	1.33%2015-2019	1.13%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	58%
High school diploma or higher	85.0%2015-2019	92.2%2020-2024	+7.3 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	62%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4292015-2019	0.4142020-2024	−0.015	Within the margin of error	64%
Median household income	$38,0002015-2019	$49,0632020-2024	+29%	Within the margin of error	53%
Poverty rate	22.4%2015-2019	23.7%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.4%2015-2019	28.3%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.8%2015-2019	9.4%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	72%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Camden, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Camden, Ohio in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Camden, Ohio itself moved +2.4 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,029 residents (±264)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

829 households (±105)

Camden, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k26%†212
$25k–50k25%†204
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

829 households (±105)

Camden, Ohio
Ohio share

Own63%522
Rent37%†307

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

759 workers (±145)

Camden, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone76%580
Carpool13%†98
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Preble County, the county holding most of Camden's residents.

Preble County has 671 employer establishments, 165 for every 10,000 residents (0.67× the US rate of 248; 0.77× Ohio's), with 10,532 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,347. The Census Bureau also counts 2,710 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 671; 2,710 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 165; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 10,532
Average annual pay: $51,347; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Preble County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	63	15.5	1.00×About typical	559	$55,617	321
Restaurants and other eating places	49	12.1	0.66×Fewer than typical	864	$17,515	13
Ambulatory health care services	47	11.6	0.56×Fewer than typical	561	$64,389	85
Truck transportation	32	7.9	1.56×More than typical	215	$50,619	154
Construction of buildings	29	7.1	0.95×About typical	103	$52,650	126
Religious organizations	29	7.1	1.29×More than typical	104	$24,365	—
Limited-service restaurants	28	6.9	0.86×About typical	453	$16,450	8
Building equipment contractors	21	5.2	0.86×About typical	314	$45,631	57
Automotive repair and maintenance	19	4.7	0.93×About typical	127	$38,740	66
Gasoline stations	19	4.7	1.44×More than typical	262	$30,111	—
Other specialty trade contractors	18	4.4	1.77×More than typical	62	$71,516	114
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	17	4.2	2.62×More than typical	629	$64,110	15

Rank places for an industry Open Preble County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 40,561 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Camden is mostly in Preble County.

See federal money in Preble County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Camden, Ohio is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Warren DavidsonR-OH-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 95%Missed 2.2%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Preble County46100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Preble County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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