Elim vs Northern Cambria

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

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

Elim has the higher population (3,828 vs 3,515 in Northern Cambria). Elim has the higher median household income ($64,597 vs $50,448 in Northern Cambria). Elim has the higher median home value ($120,100 vs $84,400 in Northern Cambria).

Population, income & housing

	Elim	Northern Cambria
Population	3,828	3,515
Median age	44.3 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,597	$50,448
Median home value	$120,100	$84,400
Median gross rent	$895	$521
Housing units	1,700	1,519
Homeownership rate	66.5%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elim	Northern Cambria
Population	3,453 → 3,828 (+10.9%)	3,588 → 3,515 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$54,110 → $64,597 (+19.4%)	$47,184 → $50,448 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $120,100 (+35.6%)	$61,300 → $84,400 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $895 (+25.0%)	$611 → $521 (-14.7%)

Elim

Population

3,4533,828

Median household income

$54,110$64,597

Median home value

$88,600$120,100

Median gross rent

$716$895

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)

	Elim	Northern Cambria
Under 5	5.4%	12.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	19.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	6.2%	6.0%
35 to 44	17.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.8%
75 and over	15.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elim	Northern Cambria
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	98.3%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elim	Northern Cambria
No high school diploma	2.5%	8.7%
High school graduate	44.9%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elim	Northern Cambria
Drove alone	69.5%	85.5%
Carpooled	2.7%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	1.5%
Other means	5.5%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elim	Northern Cambria
1-unit, detached	77.4%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	8.7%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Elim	Northern Cambria
Poverty rate	5.8%	35.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1958	1954