Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Cambria County has a population of 131,538 and has shrunk 3.4% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $121,000, about 2.1 times the county's median household income of $58,418.

Home price
$121,000
Income
$58,418
Population
131,538
Unemployment
4.7%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$121,000county
Median gross rent$739county
Median year homes here were built1956county
Share of homes built before 198080.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile4.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant13.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented23.6%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.3%county
Typical monthly rent$863county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,035county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$846county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,431county
Home insurance / yr$1,529(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living97.2(statewide)
Median household income$58,418county
Family health premium / yr$25,241(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,354(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.117(statewide)
Poverty rate14.2%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home10.4%county
Unemployment rate4.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force54.3%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.2%county
Share of workers employed by government15.2%county
Share of workers in the largest industry29.1%county
Economic output per resident$47,197county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.23%county
Top state income tax3.07%(statewide)
Capital gains tax3.07%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.34%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time23.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service6.6 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport17690county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station8.4 micounty
Households without a vehicle10.4%county
Traffic deaths16.7county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-2.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher23.9%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.1%county
Public schools in the county36county
Public school enrollment15649county
Students per full-time teacher12.7county
Free lunch eligible60.5%county
Elementary schools16county
Middle schools5county
High schools15county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above3county
Share of local colleges that are public50.0%county
Two-year institutions3county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution10 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians70county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter8.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance3.3%county
Frequent mental distress16.9%county
No leisure-time physical activity28.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.6%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population131,538county
Land area in square miles688county
People per square mile of land191.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores28county
Convenience stores7county
Share living far from a food store9.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract6.3%county
Population change since 2020-3.4%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-6county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age45.6 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1819.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over23.9%county
Share of households that are one person35.6%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.1%county
Second languages2.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls63.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents172county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-2county
Households that moved in1,987county
Households that moved away2,185county
Average income of arriving households$48,978county
Average income of departing households$51,816county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes1county
Housing units authorised in the latest year61county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate246(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature48°Fcounty
Annual precipitation44.3 incounty
Annual snowfall51.1 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.74 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F2 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing152 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days155 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 11county
Average first fall frostOct 13county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$142county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh15.9¢county
Household electricity use894 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$18.59(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity14.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas46.8%county
Homes heated by propane2.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil29.0%county
Homes heated by wood2.7%county
Households with broadband84.9%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk85.7county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk80.6county
Hail risk72.0county
Earthquake risk60.6county
Tornado risk63.9county
Tropical cyclone risk76.2county
Extreme heat risk21.7county
Winter weather risk74.6county
Strong wind risk73.9county
Wildfire risk41.0county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Cambria County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Pennsylvania figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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