City safety & data profile

CambridgeOH

Cambridge, OH is a 10K-resident city in Guernsey County with a median household income of $42,946.

Guernsey County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Cambridge, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Cambridge has a population larger than 3% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $121,900, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

10K
Population (place)
Bottom 4%
By size
$42,946
Median income (place)
$121,900
Median home (place)
27.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Cambridge

Cambridge posts a median household income higher than 3% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Cambridge area.

Bottom 4%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Cambridge

Where Cambridge income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$42,946 Bottom 3% higher than 3% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Cambridge $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in OH

Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in OH

Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Cambridge, OH beyond the headline numbers

Cambridge sits inside Guernsey County, Ohio, at roughly 40.03°N, -81.59°W. Population 10,402, $42,946 median household income. Median home value $121,900, median rent $788. Poverty rate 27.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Cambridge, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

27.9% of Cambridge, OH residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Cambridge runs about 2.8 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 2.8% of Cambridge workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 9.8% in Cambridge, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Cambridge workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 42.3 years, Cambridge's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Cambridge from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
10,402
Cambridge · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$42,946
-52% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$121,900
-71% vs avg
Median Age (place)
42.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Guernsey County): Cambridge's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
38K-4%
Median Income
$58,478+51%
Median Home Value
$157,700+68%
Poverty Rate
15.3%-25%
Unemployment
5.2%-54%

Economics

Economics indicators for Cambridge, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$788/mo
Poverty Rate
27.9% +125% vs avg
Unemployment 3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 15.4%
Work From Home 2.8%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 89.7%
African American 6.1%
Asian 0.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
41.7%
Short Sleep Duration
40.6%
Obesity
40.6%
Physical Inactivity
36.4%
Current Smoking
21.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
17.8%
Diabetes
16.3%
Binge Drinking
14.6%
Current Asthma
12%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 53.7%
Annual Checkup 79.4%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
10.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
9.8%
Stroke
4.9%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
1
★★★
0
★★
0
★
0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
SOUTHEASTERN OHIO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
CAMBRIDGE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Cambridge?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Cambridge right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OH-CAMBRIDGE-OH · Cambridge

Cambridge: 35 tagged alerts; lead category Environment Agency flood warning.

  • VOL-HEAVY 35 on record
  • MIX-LED 69% uk-floods
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Somerset

Tagged alert mix: Cambridge

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 35 tagged notices on record for Cambridge.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ1)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Cambridge; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (35 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Somerset, NJ 36 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Cambridge, OH? ▼
Cambridge, OH has a population of 10,402 people, located in Guernsey County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Cambridge? ▼
The median household income in Cambridge, OH is $42,946 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 27.9%.
What is the median home value in Cambridge? ▼
The median home value in Cambridge, OH is $121,900. Median rent is $788/month.
What are the top health concerns in Cambridge? ▼
The top health indicators in Cambridge include High Blood Pressure (41.7%), Short Sleep Duration (40.6%), Obesity (40.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Cambridge? ▼
Cambridge has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Cambridge? ▼
The median age in Cambridge, OH is 42.3 years. 15.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Cambridge, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (27.9% here).

Jackson, MS 27.9% Bessemer, AL 27.9% Kinston, NC 27.9% Rochester, NY 27.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($42,946 here).

Reidsville, NC $42,921 Dublin, GA $42,988 Lumberton, NC $42,877 Glasgow, KY $43,074

Compare Cambridge with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Coshocton, OH 11K Zanesville, OH 25K New Philadelphia, OH 17K Dover, OH 13K Marietta, OH 14K Vienna, WV 11K Parkersburg, WV 31K Massillon, OH 32K
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Using Cambridge's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Cambridge area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Cambridge against Ohio peers on any ranking lens. Explore Ohio

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Guernsey County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.