Cambria vs Waldron

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

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

Waldron has the higher population (605 vs 155 in Cambria). Cambria has the higher median home value ($98,500 vs $82,600 in Waldron). Since 2019, Waldron's population has grown faster (+23.7% vs -29.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Cambria	Waldron
Population	155	605
Median age	61.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$45,750
Median home value	$98,500	$82,600
Median gross rent	—	$864
Housing units	80	281
Homeownership rate	88.8%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambria	Waldron
Population	221 → 155 (-29.9%)	489 → 605 (+23.7%)
Median household income	$37,292 → $42,031 (+12.7%)	$46,250 → $45,750 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $98,500 (+25.3%)	$42,100 → $82,600 (+96.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$690 → $864 (+25.2%)

Cambria

Population

221155

Median household income

$37,292$42,031

Median home value

$78,600$98,500

Waldron

Population

489605

Median household income

$46,250$45,750

Median home value

$42,100$82,600

Median gross rent

$690$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambria	Waldron
Under 5	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	7.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	12.3%	5.1%
25 to 34	4.5%	18.3%
35 to 44	7.7%	15.2%
45 to 54	5.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	39.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	7.1%
75 and over	11.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambria	Waldron
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	94.0%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambria	Waldron
No high school diploma	24.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	39.2%	56.7%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambria	Waldron
Drove alone	82.4%	76.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	17.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambria	Waldron
1-unit, detached	93.8%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Cambria	Waldron
Poverty rate	12.9%	14.7%
Average household size	1.94	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938