[4] It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Friedens is located west of Indian Lake and Shanksville and east of Somerset and has access to US 219.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2), all land.

Like most of the Somerset County area, Friedens contains and is surrounded mostly by farmland, including many family-operated farms.

20.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.