Northern Cambria vs Westmont

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

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

Westmont has the higher population (4,893 vs 3,515 in Northern Cambria). Westmont has the higher median household income ($99,171 vs $50,448 in Northern Cambria). Westmont has the higher median home value ($175,100 vs $84,400 in Northern Cambria).

Population, income & housing

	Northern Cambria	Westmont
Population	3,515	4,893
Median age	37.6 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,448	$99,171
Median home value	$84,400	$175,100
Median gross rent	$521	$1,029
Housing units	1,519	2,020
Homeownership rate	68.7%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	55.1%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northern Cambria	Westmont
Population	3,588 → 3,515 (-2.0%)	4,797 → 4,893 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$47,184 → $50,448 (+6.9%)	$70,733 → $99,171 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$61,300 → $84,400 (+37.7%)	$157,800 → $175,100 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $521 (-14.7%)	$910 → $1,029 (+13.1%)

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

Westmont

Population

4,7974,893

Median household income

$70,733$99,171

Median home value

$157,800$175,100

Median gross rent

$910$1,029

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northern Cambria	Westmont
Under 5	12.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	6.0%	7.8%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	15.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.4%
75 and over	6.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northern Cambria	Westmont
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northern Cambria	Westmont
No high school diploma	8.7%	1.5%
High school graduate	49.7%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	39.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northern Cambria	Westmont
Drove alone	85.5%	66.0%
Carpooled	6.4%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	20.4%
Other means	3.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northern Cambria	Westmont
1-unit, detached	75.0%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Northern Cambria	Westmont
Poverty rate	35.8%	11.8%
Average household size	2.55	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1954	1953