Allen vs Cambria

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

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

Allen has the higher population (212 vs 155 in Cambria). Allen has the higher median home value ($121,400 vs $98,500 in Cambria). Since 2019, Allen's population has grown faster (-26.6% vs -29.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Allen	Cambria
Population	212	155
Median age	47.0 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,667	—
Median home value	$121,400	$98,500
Housing units	102	80
Homeownership rate	91.1%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	24.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen	Cambria
Population	289 → 212 (-26.6%)	221 → 155 (-29.9%)
Median household income	$43,000 → $61,667 (+43.4%)	$37,292 → $42,031 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$76,900 → $121,400 (+57.9%)	$78,600 → $98,500 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $519 (-14.2%)	—

Allen

Population

289212

Median household income

$43,000$61,667

Median home value

$76,900$121,400

Median gross rent

$605$519

Cambria

Population

221155

Median household income

$37,292$42,031

Median home value

$78,600$98,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen	Cambria
Under 5	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.3%	7.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	12.3%
25 to 34	13.7%	4.5%
35 to 44	8.0%	7.7%
45 to 54	17.5%	5.2%
55 to 64	8.5%	39.4%
65 to 74	15.6%	12.9%
75 and over	9.0%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen	Cambria
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen	Cambria
No high school diploma	29.4%	24.0%
High school graduate	36.6%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen	Cambria
Drove alone	78.2%	82.4%
Carpooled	19.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	17.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen	Cambria
1-unit, detached	82.4%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Allen	Cambria
Poverty rate	29.2%	12.9%
Average household size	2.36	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1938	1938