Cambria County vs Lycoming County

A side-by-side comparison of Cambria County and Lycoming County: population, income, housing, and more.

Cambria County and Lycoming County are counties in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cambria County has the higher population (132,355 vs 113,570 in Lycoming County). Lycoming County has the higher median household income ($64,412 vs $56,292 in Cambria County). Lycoming County has the higher median home value ($195,600 vs $115,900 in Cambria County).

Population, income & housing

	Cambria County	Lycoming County
Population	132,355	113,570
Median age	45.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,292	$64,412
Median home value	$115,900	$195,600
Median gross rent	$733	$887
Housing units	64,494	52,692
Homeownership rate	75.8%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambria County	Lycoming County
Population	133,009 → 132,355 (-0.5%)	114,330 → 113,570 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$46,659 → $56,292 (+20.6%)	$54,241 → $64,412 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$91,900 → $115,900 (+26.1%)	$155,800 → $195,600 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $733 (+15.6%)	$787 → $887 (+12.7%)

Cambria County

Population

133,009132,355

Median household income

$46,659$56,292

Median home value

$91,900$115,900

Median gross rent

$634$733

Lycoming County

Population

114,330113,570

Median household income

$54,241$64,412

Median home value

$155,800$195,600

Median gross rent

$787$887

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambria County	Lycoming County
Under 5	4.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	13.9%	11.9%
75 and over	9.6%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambria County	Lycoming County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	88.6%
Black or African American	2.9%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambria County	Lycoming County
No high school diploma	7.1%	8.9%
High school graduate	44.2%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambria County	Lycoming County
Drove alone	79.2%	77.5%
Carpooled	7.0%	9.3%
Public transit	0.9%	1.3%
Walked	2.7%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.2%	7.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambria County	Lycoming County
1-unit, detached	74.2%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	6.3%
20 or more units	4.3%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Cambria County	Lycoming County
Poverty rate	14.2%	12.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1956	1963