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Cambria County, PA

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2025

Cambria County, Pennsylvania, a core county of the Johnstown-Somerset, PA market, holds $4.0B in deposits across 13 insured institutions and 59 branches. 1st Summit Bank is the largest deposit holder at 22.6% share. The top three institutions hold 64.7% of deposits, which places the county in the concentrated band. Deposits have grown 12.6% since 2020 while the branch count fell by 8. It produces $4.9B of output, ranking #603 of the 1,523 counties within a CSA or MSA by economic output.

2024 Real GDP
$4.9B
#603 of 1,523
Total Deposits
$4.0B
#398 of 1,523
Population
128,968
#508 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$37,879
#967 of 1,523
Insured Institutions
13
#449 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$68M
#1,104 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$31,320
#336 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
45.7
#147 of 1,523
Median Institution Size
$118M
Median deposits of the institutions operating in the county. #736 of 1,523. A smaller figure signals a market served mainly by community-scale banks.
Community & Regional Bank Share
100.0%
of market deposits held by banks with $100M to $50B in assets. #31 of 1,523. A higher share points to a market where small to mid-size institutions, the kind that compete on relationships and local decision-making, hold more ground.
Top-3 Deposit Share: concentrated
64.7%
The combined deposit share of the three largest institutions in the county. A lower share means deposits are spread across more institutions.

Deposit trend

Total county deposits, 2020 to 2025+12.6% over 5 years
$3.6B
2020
$4.0B
2021
$3.9B
2022
$3.8B
2023
$3.9B
2024
$4.0B
2025

Branches: 67 in 2020 to 59 in 2025. Institutions: 13 to 13. Top-three share: 64.8% to 64.7%.

Leading institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
1st Summit Bank$912M22.6%10+15%
Ameriserv Financial Bank$865M21.4%8+21%
First National Bank of Pennsylvania$836M20.7%10+2%
First Commonwealth Bank$408M10.1%7+8%
Somerset Trust Company$279M6.9%5+21%
S&T Bank$215M5.3%4+23%
Slovenian Savings and Loan Association of Franklin-Conemaugh$118M2.9%4+5%
PennCrest Bank$117M2.9%4+12%
Northwest Bank$116M2.9%2-18%
CNB Bank$79M2.0%1+35%

The 10 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, as of June 30, 2025. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2020 and 2025. Institutions are tracked by FDIC certificate number, and where an institution acquired another bank, the acquired bank’s prior deposits are folded into the baseline so the change reflects the combined, continuing franchise rather than reading as new. Even so, a large gain can reflect acquisition rather than competitive growth; “no 2020 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year.

Part of the Johnstown-Somerset market

Cambria County is one of 2 counties that make up the Johnstown-Somerset, PA market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #240 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 67.7% of the market’s output and holds 69.6% of its deposits.

MeasureCambria CountyShare of Johnstown-Somerset market
2024 GDP$4.9B67.7%
Deposits$4.0B69.6%
Population128,96864.2%

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Recruiting in Cambria County

Deposits are held closely by the largest banks, which often means the bankers worth recruiting are inside a small number of institutions. Who holds the deposits, and how contested the market is, shapes both the runway for growth and the competition you would be recruiting against. We recruit commercial relationship managers, banking teams, and market leaders for banks building in markets like Cambria County, on a retained basis.

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