Cameron County vs Montour County

A side-by-side comparison of Cameron County and Montour County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montour County has the higher population (18,079 vs 4,475 in Cameron County). Montour County has the higher median household income ($72,926 vs $47,681 in Cameron County). Montour County has the higher median home value ($240,300 vs $88,200 in Cameron County).

Population, income & housing

	Cameron County	Montour County
Population	4,475	18,079
Median age	52.5 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,681	$72,926
Median home value	$88,200	$240,300
Median gross rent	$699	$1,057
Housing units	3,933	8,117
Homeownership rate	68.9%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cameron County	Montour County
Population	4,611 → 4,475 (-2.9%)	18,259 → 18,079 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$41,165 → $47,681 (+15.8%)	$58,333 → $72,926 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $88,200 (+12.4%)	$185,100 → $240,300 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $699 (+16.5%)	$721 → $1,057 (+46.6%)

Cameron County

Population

4,6114,475

Median household income

$41,165$47,681

Median home value

$78,500$88,200

Median gross rent

$600$699

Montour County

Population

18,25918,079

Median household income

$58,333$72,926

Median home value

$185,100$240,300

Median gross rent

$721$1,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cameron County	Montour County
Under 5	3.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	17.7%	11.9%
75 and over	11.8%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cameron County	Montour County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cameron County	Montour County
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	50.0%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cameron County	Montour County
Drove alone	82.2%	74.7%
Carpooled	10.2%	6.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	4.4%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	2.5%	11.2%
Other means	0.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cameron County	Montour County
1-unit, detached	77.6%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	6.7%
20 or more units	2.4%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Cameron County	Montour County
Poverty rate	16.0%	8.8%
Average household size	1.98	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1959	1975