Camden County, New Jersey

Camden County is a county in New Jersey, United States, directly across the Delaware River from
Philadelphia. It had a population of 523,485 at the 2020 census, an estimated 535,799 by 2025, and
covers 227.42 square miles (589.0 km2) centred near 39°49′N 74°58′W.

Camden is the county seat; its postal code is 08102, one of five ZIPs (08101–08105) that
cover the city. New Jersey has no unincorporated
territory — every acre of Camden County lies inside one of its 36 municipalities, a mix of
cities, townships and boroughs, and the county runs on Eastern Time. Its FIPS code is 34007.

Towns & Villages in Camden County

Camden County has 36 municipalities on record, all incorporated: 2 cities, 8 townships and 26
boroughs. Unlike most US counties, there are no unincorporated communities here — New
Jersey’s Home Rule tradition means every square mile belongs to a local government with its own
mayor and council.

A few names here invite confusion. Berlin Borough and Berlin Township are separate
municipalities that share a border and a name — the borough is the older, denser center;
the township surrounds it. Haddon Township (home to the Westmont section) is distinct from the
borough of Haddonfield two miles south, a common mix-up for newcomers. Audubon and Audubon Park
are also two different boroughs, not a town and its suburb. Tavistock, with 9 residents, is
mostly the private Tavistock Country Club and is New Jersey’s smallest municipality by
population. Pine Valley, once its own borough and home to the Pine Valley Golf Club, merged into
Pine Hill on 1 January 2022 after a budget-driven referendum; its 21 residents and famous course
are now part of Pine Hill.

ZIP Codes

• 08101–08105 — Camden (five ZIPs cover different sections of the city)
• 08002 / 08003 / 08034 — Cherry Hill
• 08012 — Blackwood, in Gloucester Township
• 08081 — Sicklerville and Turnersville sections, shared by Gloucester and Winslow townships
• 08037 — Sicklerville, Winslow Township
• 08109 / 08110 — Pennsauken Township
• 08043 — Voorhees Township
• 08021 — Lindenwold, also serving Pine Hill, Clementon and Laurel Springs
• 08108 — Westmont, shared by Haddon Township and Collingswood
• 08033 — Haddonfield
• 08030 — Gloucester City, also serving Brooklawn
• 08031 — Bellmawr
• 08004 — Atco, in Waterford Township

Tavistock has no ZIP code of its own; mail there is delivered under Haddonfield’s 08033. Every
other municipality on the list above has an assigned USPS ZIP; several boroughs share a code
with a larger neighbor because the post office serving them sits just across the municipal
line.

Geography

Camden County sits in South Jersey’s Inner Coastal Plain, low and mostly flat, rising gently
from the Delaware River in the northwest toward the Pine Barrens fringe in the southeast. Of its
227.42 square miles, 221.36 are land and 6.06 are water, about 2.7 percent — mostly the
Delaware River itself along the county’s northwestern edge, plus the Cooper River, which runs
through Cherry Hill and Collingswood into Camden, and the Great Egg Harbor River’s headwaters in
Waterford and Winslow townships to the south.

Philadelphia lies directly across the Delaware River to the northwest — a different state,
not a bordering county. Within New Jersey, Burlington County
borders Camden to the northeast and east, Gloucester County
borders it to the south and southwest, and Atlantic County
touches its southeastern corner near Winslow Township.

Demographics

Camden County had a population of 523,485 at the 2020 census, and the latest estimate puts it
near 535,799. Cherry Hill and Camden are the two largest municipalities, together holding about
28 percent of the county’s population, though Cherry Hill is entirely suburban and Camden is the
county’s only sizable city. Median household income runs $73,672, below New Jersey’s statewide
figure of roughly $97,126 — the gap driven largely by Camden city, one of the poorest cities
in the country by that measure, against wealthier suburbs like Haddonfield and Voorhees. Density
works out to about 2,365 people per square mile of land, among the highest in South Jersey and
reflecting the county’s position inside the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

Economy & Local Life

Health care and social assistance is the county’s largest employment sector, anchored by
Cooper University Health Care’s main hospital campus in Camden, followed by retail trade and
professional services concentrated along the Route 70 and Route 38 corridors in Cherry Hill and
Voorhees. Subaru of America moved its US corporate headquarters to Camden’s waterfront in 2018,
and Campbell Soup Company has kept its headquarters in Camden since the company’s 1869 founding
there. Rutgers University–Camden and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University both sit
downtown, alongside the Battleship New Jersey Museum and Adventure Aquarium on the waterfront.
The county’s biggest annual draws are the concert seasons at the Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, an
amphitheater on the Camden waterfront that opens each May and pulls crowds from across the
Philadelphia region.

History

New Jersey’s legislature formed Camden County on 13 March 1844, carving it out of Gloucester
County. It was named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, a British judge and vocal supporter of
the American colonies before the Revolution. Camden had already been incorporated as a city in
1828 and became the new county’s seat.

Camden grew through the 19th and early 20th centuries as an industrial river port — home
to RCA Victor’s record and radio works, the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, and Campbell Soup’s
cannery. That base collapsed after the mid-20th century as factories closed and population moved
to the county’s growing suburbs; Camden city’s own population fell by more than half between 1950
and 2000. Recent decades have brought a state-backed rebuilding push centered on the waterfront,
Rutgers-Camden’s expansion, and the Cooper Health System’s growth downtown.

Getting There

Interstate 295 and the New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95) both cross the county north to
south. Route 42, Route 30 (the Admiral Wilson Boulevard corridor into Camden), Route 70 and Route
130 are the other principal roads.

• Philadelphia — directly across the Delaware River from Camden
• Atlantic City — about 45 miles southeast
• Trenton — about 30 miles north
• Vineland — about 30 miles south

Philadelphia International Airport, about 8 miles from Camden across the river, is the nearest
major commercial airport. The PATCO Speedline, a rapid-transit line, links Lindenwold, Ashland,
Woodcrest, Haddonfield, Westmont, Collingswood and Camden directly to downtown Philadelphia.
NJ Transit’s Atlantic City Line also stops at several of those same stations. The nearest Amtrak
station is Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Camden County located?
It sits in South Jersey directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, bordered by
Burlington, Gloucester and Atlantic counties within New Jersey.

What is the population of Camden County?
523,485 at the 2020 census, with a 2025 estimate near 535,799.

How big is Camden County?
227.42 square miles (589.0 km2), of which 221.36 square miles are land.

What is the county seat of Camden County?
Camden is the county seat and has held that role since the county’s formation in 1844.

How many towns are in Camden County?
36 municipalities — 2 cities, 8 townships and 26 boroughs. New Jersey has no unincorporated
territory, so every one of them is a fully governed municipality.

What ZIP codes does Camden County use?
08101 through 08105 for Camden, plus separate codes for each surrounding municipality such as
08002/08003/08034 for Cherry Hill and 08043 for Voorhees Township; only tiny Tavistock shares
Haddonfield’s 08033.

What is Camden County known for?
Campbell Soup Company and Subaru of America’s US headquarters, Rutgers–Camden and Cooper
University Health Care downtown, and the Pine Valley Golf Club course, now part of Pine Hill
after the 2022 borough merger.

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