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Camden is a small town of 1,115 people in Camden County, North Carolina. It's about 32 miles from Virginia Beach, VA. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 53°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $399k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,115people
$399kTypical home
$1,115/moRent
89° / 53°Summer / winter
0"Snow
253Sunny days
121Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,115
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 706 people per sq mi
- 32 mi to Virginia Beach, VA
- 32 mi to Virginia Beach, VA
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $399k (≈$2,514/mo)
- Median rent $1,115/mo
- Median household income $94k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 53°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 69°F)
- 253 sunny days a year (102 totally clear)
- 112 cloudy days a year
- 34 of 90 winter days are gray
- 121 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (156 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (421 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 36
- 54% of households have kids
- 9% are 65 or older
- 39% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 32 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 39 mi to ORF airport
- 39 mi to ORF (major hub)
- 36 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 43% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1995
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 33 ft
- Right on the coast
- 84 mi to a big lake
- 20 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 115 mi to the nearest ski area
- 13 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 124 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 4 bars within 25 mi
- 34 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 9 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 28 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 47% of North Carolina districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 29 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 12 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Camden County: R+51 in 2024
- North Carolina: R+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk