Johnstown vs Northern Cambria

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

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

Johnstown has the higher population (18,245 vs 3,515 in Northern Cambria). Northern Cambria has the higher median household income ($50,448 vs $34,784 in Johnstown). Northern Cambria has the higher median home value ($84,400 vs $42,100 in Johnstown).

Population, income & housing

	Johnstown	Northern Cambria
Population	18,245	3,515
Median age	45.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$34,784	$50,448
Median home value	$42,100	$84,400
Median gross rent	$616	$521
Housing units	11,800	1,519
Homeownership rate	54.6%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Johnstown	Northern Cambria
Population	19,569 → 18,245 (-6.8%)	3,588 → 3,515 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$24,561 → $34,784 (+41.6%)	$47,184 → $50,448 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$38,100 → $42,100 (+10.5%)	$61,300 → $84,400 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$523 → $616 (+17.8%)	$611 → $521 (-14.7%)

Johnstown

Population

19,56918,245

Median household income

$24,561$34,784

Median home value

$38,100$42,100

Median gross rent

$523$616

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)

	Johnstown	Northern Cambria
Under 5	4.8%	12.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	19.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	6.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	14.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	16.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.8%
75 and over	8.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Johnstown	Northern Cambria
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	98.3%
Black or African American	13.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.9%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Johnstown	Northern Cambria
No high school diploma	12.7%	8.7%
High school graduate	46.7%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Johnstown	Northern Cambria
Drove alone	68.5%	85.5%
Carpooled	7.4%	6.4%
Public transit	4.9%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	1.5%
Other means	2.2%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Johnstown	Northern Cambria
1-unit, detached	52.9%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	8.7%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Johnstown	Northern Cambria
Poverty rate	31.2%	35.8%
Average household size	1.97	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1943	1954