# Camden County, New Jersey: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Cherry Hill Township, Camden and Gloucester Township Camden County is one of the places the data center build-out is physically happening. The SAVRN Data Center Map lists 1 data center in Camden County. Camden County is home to Cherry Hill Township, Camden, Gloucester Township and Winslow Township. The Moratorium Tracker holds 1 local measure here (1 in force); the latest is “Ordinance prohibiting large-scale data centers”. Unemployment was 5.2% in August 2026, against 4.0% in 2019. Construction employs 8,262, down 6.3% since 2019. 1 data centers on the SAVRN Data Center Map +11.0% electrical contractor jobs since 2019, now 1,726 268 MW of operating power plants, mostly natural gas ## Cities and towns in Camden County Camden County is home to Cherry Hill Township, Camden, Gloucester Township and Winslow Township. Cherry Hill Township79,965 residents Camden71,430 residents Gloucester Township67,085 residents Winslow Township40,562 residents Pennsauken Township37,742 residents Voorhees Township31,571 residents Lindenwold21,952 residents Haddon Township15,649 residents Collingswood14,386 residents Haddonfield12,740 residents Bellmawr11,874 residents Gloucester City11,643 residents Pine Hill10,909 residents Waterford Township10,562 residents Audubon8,825 residents Runnemede8,443 residents Berlin7,628 residents Haddon Heights7,609 residents Stratford7,200 residents Barrington7,155 residents Berlin Township6,060 residents Somerdale5,823 residents Clementon5,744 residents Mount Ephraim4,716 residents And 11 smaller places. Unincorporated communities (governed by the county): Ashland, Atco, Barclay, Blackwood, Cherry Hill Mall, Echelon, Ellisburg, Glendora, Golden Triangle, Greentree, Grenloch, Kingston Estates, Sicklerville, Springdale, West Berlin, Westmont. Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Camden County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in New Jersey | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 523,239 | 535,799 | ▲ 2.4% | 8th of 21 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 205,081 | 207,142 | ▲ 1.0% | 15th of 21 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $56,116 | $70,945 | ▲ 26.4% | — | | Construction jobs (2019 → 2025) | 8,819 | 8,262 | ▼ 6.3% | 16th of 16 by growth | | Electrical contractor jobs (2019 → 2025) | 1,555 | 1,726 | ▲ 11.0% | — | | Data processing and hosting jobs (2019 → 2025) | 136 | 50 | ▼ 63.2% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 4.0% | 5.2% | ▲ 1.2pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 34 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | Electrical contractors employ 1,726, up 11.0% since 2019 against up 8.8% statewide, at an average $101,439 a year. 34 MW of that came online in 2019 or later, mostly solar. Its power plants have 268 MW of capacity, 65% of it natural gas. Public Service Elec & Gas Co is the largest utility serving Camden County, one of 2 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 20.42¢/kWh in 2024. Employers here counted 207,142 jobs in 2025, up 1.0% from 2019. 535,799 people live here, up 2.4% since 2020, 8th of 21 New Jersey counties by population. ## Who powers Camden County ### Utilities with service territory in Camden County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Public Service Elec & Gas Co | Investor Owned | Bundled | 2,056,231 | 20.42¢ | 41% | | Atlantic City Electric Co | Investor Owned | Bundled | 506,488 | 23.41¢ | 28% | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Natural gas | 173 MW | 65% | | Solar | 59 MW | 22% | | Other technologies | 36 MW | 13% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Camden Plant Holding LLC | Camden Energy Center | Natural gas | 173 MW | 1993 | | Camden Resource Recovery Facility | Covanta Camden Energy Recovery Center | Other technologies | 35 MW | 1991 | | Pennsauken Brownfield Solar | Public Service Elec & Gas Co | Solar | 12 MW | 2019 | | Riverside Renewable Energy LLC | Riverside Renewable Energy | Solar | 8 MW | 2011 | | DRPA Lindenwold Station Solar Project | Solar Star River SLB, LLC | Solar | 6 MW | 2021 | | DRPA Woodcrest Station Solar Project | Solar Star River SLB, LLC | Solar | 4 MW | 2022 | ## The Camden County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 207,142 | $70,945 | 1.00 | | Construction | 8,262 | $90,770 | 0.75 | | Electrical contractors | 1,726 | $101,439 | 1.16 | | Data processing and hosting | 50 | $128,374 | 0.08 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Camden County 1 data center in Camden County is on the SAVRN Data Center Map. ### Local measures | Measure | Status | Date | |---|---|---| | Ordinance prohibiting large-scale data centers | In force | 2026-09 | ## Camden County and its neighbors Of the 4 counties that border Camden County, Philadelphia County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Camden County | 535,799 | ▲ 1.0% | 268 MW | — | 1 | 1 | | Atlantic County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/new-jersey/atlantic-county) | 278,657 | ▼ 2.9% | 55 MW | 2 MW | — | — | | Burlington County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/new-jersey/burlington-county) | 481,439 | ▲ 6.4% | 429 MW | — | — | 1 | | Gloucester County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/new-jersey/gloucester-county) | 312,638 | ▲ 12.3% | 1,166 MW | — | 1 | 1 | | Philadelphia County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/pennsylvania/philadelphia-county) PA | 1,574,281 | ▲ 3.7% | 560 MW | — | 17 | — | ## More of New Jersey [All New Jersey countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/new-jersey)[Burlington County481,439 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/new-jersey/burlington-county)[Gloucester County312,638 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/new-jersey/gloucester-county)[Atlantic County278,657 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/new-jersey/atlantic-county) ## Camden County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Camden County, New Jersey? 2 utilities have service territory in Camden County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Public Service Elec & Gas Co, Atlantic City Electric Co. The largest, Public Service Elec & Gas Co, charged residential customers 20.42¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What county is Cherry Hill Township, NJ in? Cherry Hill Township is in Camden County, New Jersey. About 79,965 people live there (2025 Census estimate). ### What county is Camden, NJ in? Camden is in Camden County, New Jersey. About 71,430 people live there (2025 Census estimate). ### What county is Gloucester Township, NJ in? Gloucester Township is in Camden County, New Jersey. About 67,085 people live there (2025 Census estimate). ### What power plants are in Camden County? 20 operating plants with 268 MW of capacity. The largest is Camden Plant Holding LLC (173 MW, natural gas). ### Are there data centers in Camden County? Yes. The SAVRN Data Center Map lists 1 data center in Camden County. ### Is Camden County adding jobs? Employers counted 207,142 jobs in 2025 against 205,081 in 2019 (+1.0%, BLS QCEW). Construction went from 8,819 to 8,262. ### Does Camden County have a data center moratorium? The SAVRN Moratorium Tracker holds 1 local measure for Camden County, 1 in force. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/new-jersey/camden-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).