Belmont vs Northern Cambria

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

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

Northern Cambria has the higher population (3,515 vs 2,624 in Belmont). Belmont has the higher median household income ($57,132 vs $50,448 in Northern Cambria). Belmont has the higher median home value ($148,600 vs $84,400 in Northern Cambria).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Northern Cambria
Population	2,624	3,515
Median age	47.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,132	$50,448
Median home value	$148,600	$84,400
Median gross rent	$693	$521
Housing units	1,304	1,519
Homeownership rate	67.5%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Northern Cambria
Population	2,582 → 2,624 (+1.6%)	3,588 → 3,515 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$41,490 → $57,132 (+37.7%)	$47,184 → $50,448 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$125,500 → $148,600 (+18.4%)	$61,300 → $84,400 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $693 (+7.1%)	$611 → $521 (-14.7%)

Belmont

Population

2,5822,624

Median household income

$41,490$57,132

Median home value

$125,500$148,600

Median gross rent

$647$693

Northern Cambria

Population

3,5883,515

Median household income

$47,184$50,448

Median home value

$61,300$84,400

Median gross rent

$611$521

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Northern Cambria
Under 5	4.2%	12.3%
5 to 17	9.0%	19.7%
18 to 24	11.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	6.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.5%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.8%
75 and over	18.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Northern Cambria
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	98.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Northern Cambria
No high school diploma	2.1%	8.7%
High school graduate	45.1%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Northern Cambria
Drove alone	84.7%	85.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Northern Cambria
1-unit, detached	79.6%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	8.7%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Northern Cambria
Poverty rate	10.6%	35.8%
Average household size	2.04	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1966	1954