Cambria County vs Schuylkill County

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

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

Schuylkill County has the higher population (143,259 vs 132,355 in Cambria County). Schuylkill County has the higher median household income ($66,901 vs $56,292 in Cambria County). Schuylkill County has the higher median home value ($140,400 vs $115,900 in Cambria County).

Population, income & housing

	Cambria County	Schuylkill County
Population	132,355	143,259
Median age	45.7 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,292	$66,901
Median home value	$115,900	$140,400
Median gross rent	$733	$842
Housing units	64,494	67,292
Homeownership rate	75.8%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambria County	Schuylkill County
Population	133,009 → 132,355 (-0.5%)	142,674 → 143,259 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$46,659 → $56,292 (+20.6%)	$52,280 → $66,901 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$91,900 → $115,900 (+26.1%)	$102,100 → $140,400 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $733 (+15.6%)	$703 → $842 (+19.8%)

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

Schuylkill County

Population

142,674143,259

Median household income

$52,280$66,901

Median home value

$102,100$140,400

Median gross rent

$703$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambria County	Schuylkill County
Under 5	4.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.6%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.1%
75 and over	9.6%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambria County	Schuylkill County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	87.6%
Black or African American	2.9%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambria County	Schuylkill County
No high school diploma	7.1%	10.0%
High school graduate	44.2%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambria County	Schuylkill County
Drove alone	79.2%	79.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.9%	0.3%
Walked	2.7%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.2%	6.2%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambria County	Schuylkill County
1-unit, detached	74.2%	57.9%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	26.6%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	3.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Cambria County	Schuylkill County
Poverty rate	14.2%	12.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1956	1944