Lucerne vs Young America

A side-by-side comparison of Lucerne and Young America: population, income, housing, and more.

Lucerne and Young America are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Young America has the higher population (298 vs 82 in Lucerne). Young America has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $33,558 in Lucerne). Young America has the higher median home value ($109,900 vs $79,200 in Lucerne).

Population, income & housing

	Lucerne	Young America
Population	82	298
Median age	58.4 yrs	23.8 yrs
Median household income	$33,558	$51,667
Median home value	$79,200	$109,900
Housing units	43	104
Homeownership rate	100.0%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lucerne	Young America
Population	120 → 82 (-31.7%)	300 → 298 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$40,625 → $33,558 (-17.4%)	$47,596 → $51,667 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$79,200 → $79,200 (+0.0%)	$106,500 → $109,900 (+3.2%)

Lucerne

Population

12082

Median household income

$40,625$33,558

Median home value

$79,200$79,200

Young America

Population

300298

Median household income

$47,596$51,667

Median home value

$106,500$109,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lucerne	Young America
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.4%	27.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	26.5%
25 to 34	20.7%	17.8%
35 to 44	8.5%	6.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	17.1%	10.1%
65 to 74	4.9%	0.0%
75 and over	35.4%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lucerne	Young America
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	64.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	20.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lucerne	Young America
No high school diploma	31.0%	11.7%
High school graduate	39.4%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lucerne	Young America
Drove alone	100.0%	70.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	29.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lucerne	Young America
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	19.2%

Poverty & households

	Lucerne	Young America
Poverty rate	14.6%	33.2%
Average household size	1.91	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1938	1957