County profile
Cambria County, PA
United States · GDP 2024
#634 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 76% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
43,601
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,996
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
128,968
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$58.4k±$1.5k
Bachelor's degree+
23.9%±0.9%
Poverty rate
14.2%±1.0%
Business applications
1,003 · 2025
Retail establishments
470
36.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
11ST SUMMIT BANCORP of Johnstown, Inc.Financial Services$69.8M40D2AmeriServ Financial, Inc.Financial Services$14.6M43DHQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care34%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing15%
Food & accommodation14%
Education8%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
128,968
residents · 2025 · -3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $52.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−117
International migration+215
Natural change−4,283
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.9B2019
$5.0B2020
$5.2B2021
$5.6B2022
$6.0B2023
$6.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$121.0k±$2.8k
Median gross rent
$739/mo±$19/mo
Vacancy rate
13.2%±1.0%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$22.8M
61 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
76.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 84Landslide 81Hurricane 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2202016
2222017
2222018
2302019
2342020
2482021
2772022
2912023
3192024
3372025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -2% since 2021622021
942022
472023
622024
612025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
24.9 km
I-99
Nearest freight rail
4.3 km
RJCP
Nearest port
75.8 km
ASBURY GRAPHITE MILLS, APPLEWOLD DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
22.3 km
JOHN MURTHA JOHNSTOWN/CAMBRIA COUNTY
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR1 filing from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.2k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cambria?
Cambria's economy produced $6.2B in 2024, growing 3.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.