Ebensburg vs Northern Cambria

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

Ebensburg 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 3,381 in Ebensburg). Ebensburg has the higher median household income ($55,735 vs $50,448 in Northern Cambria). Ebensburg has the higher median home value ($157,500 vs $84,400 in Northern Cambria).

Population, income & housing

	Ebensburg	Northern Cambria
Population	3,381	3,515
Median age	40.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,735	$50,448
Median home value	$157,500	$84,400
Median gross rent	$855	$521
Housing units	1,801	1,519
Homeownership rate	60.0%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ebensburg	Northern Cambria
Population	3,122 → 3,381 (+8.3%)	3,588 → 3,515 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$44,556 → $55,735 (+25.1%)	$47,184 → $50,448 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$145,900 → $157,500 (+8.0%)	$61,300 → $84,400 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $855 (+17.4%)	$611 → $521 (-14.7%)

Ebensburg

Population

3,1223,381

Median household income

$44,556$55,735

Median home value

$145,900$157,500

Median gross rent

$728$855

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)

	Ebensburg	Northern Cambria
Under 5	5.8%	12.3%
5 to 17	15.2%	19.7%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	6.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.9%	15.5%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.8%
75 and over	11.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ebensburg	Northern Cambria
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	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	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ebensburg	Northern Cambria
No high school diploma	4.5%	8.7%
High school graduate	26.7%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ebensburg	Northern Cambria
Drove alone	73.2%	85.5%
Carpooled	8.8%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	1.5%
Other means	0.6%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ebensburg	Northern Cambria
1-unit, detached	60.4%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	8.7%
20 or more units	10.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Ebensburg	Northern Cambria
Poverty rate	6.9%	35.8%
Average household size	2.12	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1955	1954