Cambria County, Pennsylvania

• White (non-Hispanic) 118,621 90.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,796 2.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,726 2.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 722 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 5,393 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 56 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 5 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 219 0.2%

• Under 18 25,261 19.2%
• 18–24 11,611 8.8%
• 25–44 28,008 21.3%
• 45–64 35,168 26.7%
• 65 and over 31,490 23.9%

Median household income

$61,223

90% interval $58,518–$63,928

−$16,309 vs PA · 53rd of 67

Below poverty line

14.5%

90% interval 12.5%–16.5%

+2.9 pp vs PA · 12th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.8%

+0.51 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.2B

0.62% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,226

Establishments

3,260

• Education & health services 15,444 32.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 9,908 21.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 4,416 9.4%
• Professional & business services 4,310 9.2%
• Manufacturing 4,305 9.2%
• Other services 2,116 4.5%
• Public administration 2,033 4.3%
• Financial activities 1,651 3.5%
• Construction 1,574 3.4%
• Information 504 1.1%
• Natural resources & mining 178 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 98.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

76.4%

+7.1 pp vs PA · 25th of 67

Median gross rent

$739

−$470 vs PA · 65th of 67

Owner-occupied

42,745

Renter-occupied

13,228

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $68,262/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,434/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 49,408 69.5%
• Democratic 21,177 29.8%
• Other / third-party 551 0.8%

• Spanish 1,445 1.2%
• German or other West Germanic 331 0.3%
• Arabic 298 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 201 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 174 0.1%
• Tagalog 138 0.1%
• Chinese 75 0.1%
• Vietnamese 58 0.0%
• Korean 34 0.0%

Households

55,973

Family households

33,075

59.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,766

20.5% of families

Single-mother families

3,211

9.7% of families

Veterans

9,176

8.6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 46,272 34.7%
• Mainline Protestant 19,301 14.5%
• Evangelical Protestant 15,586 11.7%
• Black Protestant 1,774 1.3%
• Orthodox 1,289 1.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 958 0.7%

Health insured

96.7%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

3.3%

±0.4 pp

64th of 67

With a disability

18.0%

±0.8 pp

10th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

23.9%

±0.9 pp

−11.3 pp vs PA · 34th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.5%

90% interval 5.0%–6.0% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

47th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas

Judges

4 (Court of Common Pleas judges per district (general civil + felony criminal + family + orphans' court jurisdiction); vintage 2026 pacourts.us; cross-checked against 42 Pa. C.S. § 911. Magisterial District Judges (limited jurisdiction: preliminary criminal, landlord-tenant, small civil up to $12K) are separately allocated and not counted here. Philadelphia Municipal Court (limited civil + minor criminal in Philadelphia only) also separate.)

Court seats

Ebensburg

Traffic fatalities

12

11.29 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

12