Camden, NJ
A PlainEnviro-computed score from reported facility/violation counts, not an official EPA rating, health forecast, or population-adjusted rate. See methodology.
Environmental data for Camden in New Jersey · Population: 524,042
Camden, NJ is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 17 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 20 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 32/100 (Moderate Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.
Industrial disclosures inside the county total 115.1K lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 2 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 44 and a peak AQI of 115 in 2024, with 64% of observed days rated "Good" (0–50).
All figures below draw directly from federal EPA records, TRI self-reported emissions, SDWIS compliance history, NPL Hazard Ranking System scores, and AQS daily AQI summaries, and are not adjusted, weighted, or forecast. A past violation or elevated score does not itself indicate current unsafe conditions; it documents the regulatory and disclosure history publicly filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the most recent reporting cycle.
Air Quality History (2020–2024)
EPA Air Quality Index (AQI) data showing how many days per year fall into each air quality category.
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy (SG) | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 235 (64%) | 127 | 4 | 115 |
| 2023 | 184 (50%) | 174 | 4 | 211 |
| 2022 | 197 (54%) | 167 | 1 | 108 |
| 2021 | 188 (52%) | 173 | 4 | 120 |
| 2020 | 219 (60%) | 147 | 0 | 87 |
Source: EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County AQI categories: Good (0-50), Moderate (51-100), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101-150), Unhealthy (151-200), Very Unhealthy (201-300), Hazardous (301+)
For real-time air quality readings and pollutant breakdowns in New Jersey, see the EPA's AirNow.gov.
Water Systems (20)
| System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP MUA | 48,000 | 0 |
| MERCHANTVILLE PENNSAUKEN | 47,144 | 0 |
| CITY OF CAMDEN | 46,585 | 4 |
| COLLINGSWOOD WATER DEPAR | 24,500 | 0 |
| BERLIN WATER DEPARTMENT | 12,991 | 2 |
| GLOUCESTER CITY W DEPT | 12,460 | 0 |
| HADDON TWP WATER DEPARTM | 11,938 | 0 |
| NJ AMERICAN WATER - WASHINGTON/OXFORD | 10,719 | 0 |
| PINE HILL BOROUGH MUA | 10,233 | 0 |
| BELLMAWR WATER DEPT | 9,522 | 0 |
| NJ AMERICAN WATER - ITC | 6,463 | 0 |
| NJ AMERICAN WATER - BELVIDERE | 2,854 | 0 |
| BROOKLAWN WATER DEPARTME | 2,300 | 0 |
| WATERFORD TOWNSHIP WATER DEPT. | 1,184 | 0 |
| NJ AMERICAN WATER - WEST JERSEY | 837 | 0 |
| ONYX BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE | 215 | 0 |
| WINSLOW COURT HOMES INC | 90 | 0 |
| IONA TRAILER PARK | 72 | 0 |
| LAKESIDE HOME LLC | 50 | 0 |
| BNAI BRITH CHESILHURST HOUSE | 49 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (17)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stoncor Group Inc. Cherry Hill | 40.8K lbs |
| 2 | Mycone Dental Supply Co. Inc. Cherry Hill Nj | 38.0K lbs |
| 3 | Johns Manville | 20.8K lbs |
| 4 | Ddp Specialty Electronics Materials US Inc. | 11.1K lbs |
| 5 | VV9000 LLC | 2.0K lbs |
| 6 | State Metal Industries Inc | 1.7K lbs |
| 7 | Indco Inc | 448 lbs |
| 8 | Krishna P.singh Technology Campus | 77 lbs |
| 9 | Ergon Asphalt Partners LP - Gloucester City | 14 lbs |
| 10 | Lehigh Cement Co. | 3 lbs |
| 11 | Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC | 1 lbs |
| 12 | Quikrete - Philadelphia Plant | 1 lbs |
| 13 | American Flux & Metal LLC | 0 lbs |
| 14 | Fw Winter Inc & Co | 0 lbs |
| 15 | Connector Products | 0 lbs |
| 16 | Garvey Corp | 0 lbs |
| 17 | Ipak Inc. | 0 lbs |
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What does this county environmental profile show?
This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.