Ferndale is a

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in Cambria County,

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, United States. It is part of the

Johnstown, Pennsylvania Johnstown is the largest city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 18,411 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located east of Pittsburgh, it is the principal city of the Metropolitan statistical area ...

Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,636 at the 2010 census, down from 1,834 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Ferndale is located in southwestern Cambria County at (40.287974, -78.918091). It is bordered to the north by the city of Johnstown, to the west by the unincorporated community of Elim, and to the east and south by the Stonycreek River, across which to the south is Riverside. According to the

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, Ferndale has a total area of , of which is land and , or 6.00%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,834 people, 792 households and 521 families living in the borough. The population density was . There were 849 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 98.47%

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, 1.15%

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, 0.11% Native American, 0.05% Asian, and 0.22% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.22% of the population. There were 792 households, of which 28.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.7% were

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living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families. 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.88. In the borough, the population was spread out, with 21.6% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 88.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.5 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $32,617, and the median income for a family was $41,438. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $20,000 for females. The

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for the borough was $25,750. About 4.1% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the

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, including 15.8% of those under age 18 and 8.6% of those age 65 or over.

Transportation

Ferndale is located on

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; Route 985 is nearby. The

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is to the south in

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. The borough is located on a

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rail line; the nearest

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service is in nearby Johnstown, as is the Johnstown-Cambria County Airport.

References

{{authority control Populated places established in 1785 Boroughs in Cambria County, Pennsylvania 1896 establishments in Pennsylvania