Cambridge vs Wakefield

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

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

Cambridge has the higher population (623 vs 577 in Wakefield). Wakefield has the higher median home value ($310,900 vs $248,000 in Cambridge).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge	Wakefield
Population	623	577
Median age	19.3 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$77,976
Median home value	$248,000	$310,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,643
Housing units	142	182
Homeownership rate	77.5%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge	Wakefield
Population	—	571 → 577 (+1.1%)
Median household income	—	$66,806 → $77,976 (+16.7%)
Median home value	—	$236,200 → $310,900 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,075 → $1,643 (+52.8%)

Cambridge

Wakefield

Population

571577

Median household income

$66,806$77,976

Median home value

$236,200$310,900

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambridge	Wakefield
Under 5	13.3%	11.4%
5 to 17	35.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	13.5%
25 to 34	14.4%	16.3%
35 to 44	2.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	8.3%
65 to 74	5.8%	11.1%
75 and over	6.9%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge	Wakefield
No high school diploma	55.9%	31.1%
High school graduate	23.2%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	9.1%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge	Wakefield
Drove alone	6.1%	61.5%
Carpooled	50.4%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.8%
Worked from home	43.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	14.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	77.5%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	15.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge	Wakefield
Poverty rate	4.2%	6.8%
Average household size	4.39	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	42	25
Median year structure built	1980	1978