Cambria vs Pittsburg

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

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

Cambria has the higher population (1,271 vs 515 in Pittsburg). Pittsburg has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $51,042 in Cambria). Cambria has the higher median home value ($140,100 vs $101,900 in Pittsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Cambria	Pittsburg
Population	1,271	515
Median age	40.7 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,042	$54,063
Median home value	$140,100	$101,900
Median gross rent	$973	$1,007
Housing units	752	266
Homeownership rate	40.4%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambria	Pittsburg
Population	1,239 → 1,271 (+2.6%)	552 → 515 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$44,063 → $51,042 (+15.8%)	$40,568 → $54,063 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$76,100 → $140,100 (+84.1%)	$77,900 → $101,900 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $973 (+34.6%)	$950 → $1,007 (+6.0%)

Cambria

Population

1,2391,271

Median household income

$44,063$51,042

Median home value

$76,100$140,100

Median gross rent

$723$973

Pittsburg

Population

552515

Median household income

$40,568$54,063

Median home value

$77,900$101,900

Median gross rent

$950$1,007

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambria	Pittsburg
Under 5	4.1%	1.9%
5 to 17	13.3%	12.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	14.0%
25 to 34	23.7%	8.9%
35 to 44	7.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	22.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	10.5%	16.9%
75 and over	4.3%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambria	Pittsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	94.0%
Black or African American	5.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambria	Pittsburg
No high school diploma	11.7%	10.0%
High school graduate	29.9%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambria	Pittsburg
Drove alone	91.4%	92.4%
Carpooled	4.4%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambria	Pittsburg
1-unit, detached	45.7%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.1%	25.2%

Poverty & households

	Cambria	Pittsburg
Poverty rate	16.3%	17.1%
Average household size	1.91	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1997	1966