Cambria vs Johnston City

A side-by-side comparison of Cambria and Johnston City: population, income, housing, and more.

Cambria and Johnston City are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Johnston City has the higher population (3,351 vs 1,271 in Cambria). Cambria has the higher median household income ($51,042 vs $46,629 in Johnston City). Cambria has the higher median home value ($140,100 vs $84,500 in Johnston City).

Population, income & housing

	Cambria	Johnston City
Population	1,271	3,351
Median age	40.7 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,042	$46,629
Median home value	$140,100	$84,500
Median gross rent	$973	$830
Housing units	752	1,707
Homeownership rate	40.4%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambria	Johnston City
Population	1,239 → 1,271 (+2.6%)	3,450 → 3,351 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$44,063 → $51,042 (+15.8%)	$38,696 → $46,629 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$76,100 → $140,100 (+84.1%)	$65,800 → $84,500 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $973 (+34.6%)	$532 → $830 (+56.0%)

Cambria

Population

1,2391,271

Median household income

$44,063$51,042

Median home value

$76,100$140,100

Median gross rent

$723$973

Johnston City

Population

3,4503,351

Median household income

$38,696$46,629

Median home value

$65,800$84,500

Median gross rent

$532$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambria	Johnston City
Under 5	4.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.3%	12.6%
18 to 24	5.1%	12.8%
25 to 34	23.7%	9.9%
35 to 44	7.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	14.8%
55 to 64	22.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.8%
75 and over	4.3%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambria	Johnston City
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	91.6%
Black or African American	5.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambria	Johnston City
No high school diploma	11.7%	11.1%
High school graduate	29.9%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambria	Johnston City
Drove alone	91.4%	84.7%
Carpooled	4.4%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambria	Johnston City
1-unit, detached	45.7%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	24.6%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	21.1%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Cambria	Johnston City
Poverty rate	16.3%	14.8%
Average household size	1.91	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1997	1953