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Homes in Camden
Camden has an unusually large share of townhouses and other attached houses: 53% of its 27,292 homes, beside 12% detached houses and 34% apartments.
More homes here were built before 1950 than in any later period we count: 50%. Only 11% date from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1950. Most homes are rented: owners live in only 34%.
Its housing is much like Philadelphia's, 5 miles away. Nationally, Camden's homes are older than those in 91% of the 881 US cities we have census figures for.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Estimates carry margins of error.
Townhouses
53% of homes share a wall with the next one. Their front windows face the street side by side with the neighbours', so many owners pick a louver size and a white or off-white finish that sit well beside the houses on either side. Bay windows on townhouses usually need a separate panel set for each face.
Plaster walls and deep casings
50% of homes date from before 1950, when walls were plaster on lath and windows sat in deep wood casings. Plaster cracks if you drive screws carelessly: drill a pilot hole, use fixings made for plaster, and fix into the casing or the framing behind it. A deep casing is good news for an inside mount; measure its depth before you choose a louver size.
Out-of-square openings
With 81% of homes built before 1980, many openings have had decades to settle. Measure each one's width at the top, middle and bottom, and both diagonals. If the diagonals differ by more than about ¼ inch, add a mounting frame in the designer, or choose an outside mount so the shutter covers the uneven edges.
Renting?
66% of homes are rented. Shutters screw into the window frame or casing, so ask your landlord before you install; taking them down later leaves only screw holes to fill.
A whole house in Camden
The most common home in Camden has three bedrooms: 43% of homes. 10% have four bedrooms or more, and 20% have one or none. The median home has 5.2 rooms.
Townhouses are the most common kind of home here. Across the US, the middle home among townhouses has 6 to 9 windows (EIA, 2020). Shuttering that many windows at a typical bedroom-window size comes to roughly $1,900 to $3,600. For scale, that's about 2.5% of the median home value here, $112,000 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are smaller than in 94% of the 881 US cities we have figures for: many orders are a few rooms, not a whole house.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 (bedrooms B25041, rooms B25018, value B25077); U.S. Energy Information Administration, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2020, Table HC2.1 (windows). EIA RECS 2020, Table HC2.1
A typical home6–9 windows
All of them shuttered$1,900 to $3,600
Every window priced as a 36 × 48 in opening in our basic build (flat moulding, paint stage 1, 3½ in louvers), before tax and shipping. Your windows will differ; the designer prices each one.
Price your own windowsOne room at a time
Homes here cost less than in any other of the 881 US cities we have figures for, and many owners do a house in stages. Start with the rooms where light and privacy matter most, usually bedrooms and the street-facing front, and keep the same louver size and colour so later rooms match. Your saved design keeps every size.
Young children at home
6.4% of people in Camden are under five, more than in 71% of the 881 US cities we have figures for. Shutters have no cords or chains at all: the louvers tilt with a rod or by hand, so there's nothing to hang within a child's reach. US rules for cords on custom blinds and shades are still being rewritten; ours never had any.
Ages (B01001), working from home (B08301) and value (B25077): U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Rankings compare the US cities we have figures for.
Camden weather and your shutters
At Phila Franklin Inst, PA (4 mi away), July averages a high of 89.3°F and January a low of 27.8°F. Average highs reach 85°F from July to August and average lows sit at or below freezing from January to February.
About 40 days a year reach 90°F, 62 nights fall to freezing and 50.9 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Among the New Jersey cities we have climate normals for, Camden has the most hot days.
That's more freezing nights than in 53% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h on the longest day to 9 h 20 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 74° above the horizon in June and 27° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Phila Franklin Inst, PA (temperature) and Phila Franklin Inst, PA (precipitation, 4 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41.6°F | 27.8°F | 3.6 in |
| Feb | 44.9°F | 29.6°F | 3.3 in |
| Mar | 53.5°F | 36.4°F | 4.5 in |
| Apr | 65.9°F | 46.3°F | 4 in |
| May | 75.7°F | 56.3°F | 4.1 in |
| Jun | 84.9°F | 65.9°F | 4.8 in |
| Jul | 89.3°F | 71.4°F | 4.8 in |
| Aug | 87.2°F | 69.5°F | 5 in |
| Sep | 80.3°F | 62.7°F | 4.9 in |
| Oct | 68.1°F | 51.1°F | 4.2 in |
| Nov | 56.4°F | 41.3°F | 3.4 in |
| Dec | 46.5°F | 33.2°F | 4.3 in |
Humid summers
Hot days and 50.9 inches of precipitation make for heavy summer air. Wood swells when it's humid, so give kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms some air: run the fan after a shower and tilt the louvers open so steam doesn't sit behind them.
Fitting them in Camden
Shutter Boys shutters are made for you to fit yourself: an inside or outside mount takes a drill, a level and our step-by-step guide. If you'd rather hire someone, a finish carpenter or blinds installer can fit them; ask on your quote and we'll tell you if we know one near you. You arrange and pay the installer directly.
Near Camden
- Philadelphia 5 mi
- Levittown 20 mi
- Wilmington 27 mi
- Trenton 27 mi
- Vineland 33 mi
- Lakewood 48 mi
More about shutters in Camden
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