Cambria County, PA real estate

What the numbers say

Cambria County, PA real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

In September 2026, the median home in Cambria County listed for $119,950, up 6.0% from a year earlier. That is 61% below the Pennsylvania median of $309,000.

Homes spent a median of 53 days on the market, slower than 52 days a year ago. That makes Cambria County the #26 fastest-selling of 44 Pennsylvania counties we track.

Homeowners in Cambria County pay a median of $1,492 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $121,000, an effective rate of about 1.23%. The Pennsylvania average is 1.30%, which makes Cambria County the #32 lowest-tax of 67 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $739 a month, and $777 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 14 times a year's rent, which generally favors buying.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $120,000 home here comes to about $827 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $35,000 a year (the median household here earns $58,418).