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Camden is a small town of 3,678 people in Benton County, Tennessee. It's about 50 miles from Jackson, TN and 77 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 49°F, with about 3 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $155k and rent runs about $749 a month.
3,678people
$155kTypical home
$749/moRent
90° / 49°Summer / winter
3"Snow
234Sunny days
107Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,678
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 648 people per sq mi
- 77 mi to Nashville, TN
- 50 mi to Jackson, TN
- 19 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $155k (≈$979/mo)
- Median rent $749/mo
- Median household income $55k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 49°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 234 sunny days a year (104 totally clear)
- 131 cloudy days a year
- 44 of 90 winter days are gray
- 107 days a year with rain or snow
- 3" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 2 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (114 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (797 per 100k)
People
- Median age 40
- 31% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 13% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 56 mi to MKL airport
- 80 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 127 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1965
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 466 ft
- 368 mi to the ocean
- 4 mi to a big lake
- 47 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 182 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 44 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 7 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 39 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 43% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 19 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 19 mi to the nearest vet
- 16 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 19 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Benton County: R+63 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Moderate earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk