The city is enveloped by the Lower Niangua arm of the Lake of the Ozarks, and serves as a popular trade point for visitors to the area.

It was originally planned for a map of the streets to look like a wagon wheel.

[11] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.48 square miles (14.19 km2), all land.

The median age in the city was 32.3 years; 28.1% of residents were under 18; 10.2% were between 18 and 24; 26.2% were 25 to 44; 21.8% were 45 to 64; and 13.8% were 65 or older.

In April 1932, The Reveille, a local newspaper, reported that the town had 67 dwellings, 2 churches, a Masonic lodge, a court house, a high school, 2 hotels, 2 cafes, 2 barber shops, 2 garages, 4 general stores, an ice plant, a drugstore, a bank, a newspaper, an airport, a lumber yard, a jewelry store, an electric shop, an abstract and tile company, and nine other businesses.

[15] KCVO-FM is a noncommercial FM radio station whose frequency is 91.7 mHz.

[16] Camdenton is home to a FIRST Robotics Competition program named FIRST LASER.

[17] Camdenton offers some Lake of the Ozarks accommodations, including boating and fishing year-round.

Each June, the city serves as Time Station 32 in the Race Across America, the annual ultramarathon cross country 3,000-mile nonstop bicycle race starting in Oceanside, California, and ending in Annapolis, Maryland.

[18] The Camdenton Memorial Airport host an air show every September.