Geistown vs Northern Cambria

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

Geistown 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 2,512 in Geistown). Geistown has the higher median household income ($67,972 vs $50,448 in Northern Cambria). Geistown has the higher median home value ($148,700 vs $84,400 in Northern Cambria).

Population, income & housing

	Geistown	Northern Cambria
Population	2,512	3,515
Median age	51.0 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,972	$50,448
Median home value	$148,700	$84,400
Median gross rent	$816	$521
Housing units	1,326	1,519
Homeownership rate	78.6%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Geistown	Northern Cambria
Population	2,390 → 2,512 (+5.1%)	3,588 → 3,515 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$66,806 → $67,972 (+1.7%)	$47,184 → $50,448 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $148,700 (+21.1%)	$61,300 → $84,400 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $816 (+18.6%)	$611 → $521 (-14.7%)

Geistown

Population

2,3902,512

Median household income

$66,806$67,972

Median home value

$122,800$148,700

Median gross rent

$688$816

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)

	Geistown	Northern Cambria
Under 5	4.9%	12.3%
5 to 17	12.0%	19.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	6.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	8.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	21.7%	10.8%
75 and over	9.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Geistown	Northern Cambria
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Geistown	Northern Cambria
No high school diploma	2.7%	8.7%
High school graduate	38.1%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Geistown	Northern Cambria
Drove alone	69.5%	85.5%
Carpooled	11.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	1.5%
Other means	1.9%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Geistown	Northern Cambria
1-unit, detached	76.4%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Geistown	Northern Cambria
Poverty rate	6.8%	35.8%
Average household size	2.12	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1958	1954