Living in Camden, DE
Kent County
Camden is a real, small Kent County town immediately adjacent to Dover, Delaware's state capital, with a genuine 18th-century Quaker-settlement origin -- the community began as 'Mifflin's Crossroads,' laid out by Daniel Mifflin, a real, distinct historical identity this record credits directly. Camden's current population ran approximately 3,937, per this pass's research. Camden sits within Dover Air Force Base's Compatible Use Study radius, alongside Dover, Wyoming, Bowers, Little Creek, and Magnolia -- DAFB is a real, substantial regional economic anchor, contributing approximately $470 million annually to the regional economy and cited as Delaware's third-largest industry. Camden's housing costs run through Kent County-wide data this record discloses honestly as a proxy rather than a confirmed Camden-specific figure (approximately $363,448-$369,000), modestly below the national comparison figure. Camden's property tax runs genuinely favorable (Kent County's own cited ~0.46% effective rate, well below the national median), and Camden is served by the genuinely well-regarded Caesar Rodney School District, cited as having graduation rates and test scores generally above the state average. This record discloses one real, disclosed tradeoff honestly: Camden's crime picture carries a real, disclosed cross-source divergence in magnitude, though both sources agree directionally that Camden runs below-average on safety.
Explore Camden in depth
- Moving to Camden: Pros, Cons & What to Know
- Cost of Living in Camden
- Housing Market in Camden
- Buying a Home in Camden
- Renting in Camden
- Taxes in Camden
- Homeowners Insurance & Natural Hazard Costs in Camden
- Climate & Weather in Camden
- Jobs & Economy in Camden
- Schools in Camden
- Crime & Safety in Camden
- Healthcare in Camden
- Traffic & Transportation in Camden
- Best Areas to Live in Camden
- Pros and Cons of Living in Camden
- Retiring in Camden
- Who Should / Shouldn’t Move to Camden
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Learn moreHousing
Kent County-wide median sale price ~$369K (3 months ending May 2026, up 6.3% YoY); a separate Kent-County-wide avg-home-value citation ran ~$363,448 (up 3.1% YoY). No Camden-SPECIFIC figure independently confirmed this pass -- a real, disclosed gap, consistent with this project's sidney-mt.js precedent for a similar county-proxy situation.
Taxes
Not independently sourced at the Kent County level this session. Delaware's top state income tax rate is 6.60%. See the Delaware hub page for the statewide property tax context -- do not treat that figure as Camden-specific.
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Get local guidanceThe tradeoffs
Pros
A real, distinctive 18th-century Quaker-settlement history, direct Dover Air Force Base and state-capital proximity, genuinely favorable property taxes (Kent County's ~0.46% effective rate), and a genuinely well-regarded Caesar Rodney School District with graduation rates and test scores cited above the state average.
Cons
A real, disclosed cross-source divergence in crime-rate MAGNITUDE (NeighborhoodScout's 47/1,000 vs. CrimeGrade's 28.21/1,000) this record does not fully reconcile, though both sources agree Camden runs below-average on safety. This record also discloses a real, honest gap in confirming a Camden-SPECIFIC housing-price figure distinct from Kent-County-wide data, and in confirming a Camden-specific population growth/decline trend.
Who this fits
Best for: Best fits military families connected to Dover Air Force Base, families prioritizing genuinely strong local schools (Caesar Rodney SD), and movers drawn to Camden's real, distinctive Quaker-settlement history and Dover-capital proximity.
Maybe not for you if: Probably not the right fit for movers prioritizing a confidently sourced, low crime-rate market -- Camden's own disclosed crime data runs below-average on safety by both cited sources, even though they disagree on the precise magnitude. Those needing a confirmed, Camden-specific (rather than Kent-County-wide) housing-price figure should also weigh this record's disclosed data gap directly.
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