Cambridge Springs vs Meadville

A side-by-side comparison of Cambridge Springs and Meadville: population, income, housing, and more.

Cambridge Springs and Meadville are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Meadville has the higher population (12,723 vs 2,357 in Cambridge Springs). Cambridge Springs has the higher median household income ($57,321 vs $46,012 in Meadville). Meadville has the higher median home value ($115,700 vs $107,200 in Cambridge Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge Springs	Meadville
Population	2,357	12,723
Median age	41.0 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,321	$46,012
Median home value	$107,200	$115,700
Median gross rent	$640	$887
Housing units	712	5,524
Homeownership rate	57.9%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge Springs	Meadville
Population	2,639 → 2,357 (-10.7%)	12,864 → 12,723 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$46,776 → $57,321 (+22.5%)	$36,793 → $46,012 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$85,100 → $107,200 (+26.0%)	$110,100 → $115,700 (+5.1%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $640 (+9.8%)	$665 → $887 (+33.4%)

Cambridge Springs

Population

2,6392,357

Median household income

$46,776$57,321

Median home value

$85,100$107,200

Median gross rent

$583$640

Meadville

Population

12,86412,723

Median household income

$36,793$46,012

Median home value

$110,100$115,700

Median gross rent

$665$887

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambridge Springs	Meadville
Under 5	3.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	16.1%
18 to 24	4.4%	21.6%
25 to 34	18.8%	8.7%
35 to 44	22.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	10.9%
65 to 74	6.5%	9.9%
75 and over	6.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge Springs	Meadville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	87.2%
Black or African American	6.5%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge Springs	Meadville
No high school diploma	14.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	45.7%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge Springs	Meadville
Drove alone	84.2%	63.9%
Carpooled	5.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	5.3%	16.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.7%
Worked from home	5.0%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge Springs	Meadville
1-unit, detached	63.9%	49.9%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	27.7%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	11.8%
20 or more units	7.2%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge Springs	Meadville
Poverty rate	18.9%	18.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	14
Median year structure built	1938	1950