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Chest township, Cambria County, PA

452 Population
28.7 square miles 15.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±9.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cambria County: 45.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,845 ±$5,527 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Cambria County: $33,863 ±$1,238
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$90,938 ±$56,726 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Cambria County: $56,292 ±$1,713
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

2% ±1.7% (9  ±8) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Cambria County: 14.2% 17,864 (±1% / ±1,295)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

48.9 minutes ±20.6 (8,060  ±4,916) Mean travel time to work
  • more than double the figure in Cambria County: 23.3 1,185,100 (±0.4 / ±29,827)
  • nearly double the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

163 ±39 Number of households
  • Cambria County: 55,692 ±624
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.8 ±0.4 (452  ±124) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Cambria County: 2.3 125,751 (±0 / ±83)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

7.6% ±11.2% (7  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cambria County: 4.7% † 1,230 (±0.9% / ±226)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

270 ±80 Number of housing units
  • Cambria County: 64,494 ±106
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$191,100 ±$43,665 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Cambria County: $115,900 ±$3,087
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

11.2% ±11.5% (50  ±52.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cambria County: 9.9% 12,931 (±0.8% / ±1,055.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

95.5% ±34% (340  ±72.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cambria County: 92.9% 88,498 (±1.7% / ±1,656.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
29.5% ±6.6% (105  ±38) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cambria County: 23% 21,907 (±1% / ±913.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

8.7% ±5.1% (34  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Cambria County: 8.8% 9,411 (±0.6% / ±601)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
34 Total veterans ±22 16 Male ±11 18 Female ±17

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