Black Lick vs Blairsville

A side-by-side comparison of Black Lick and Blairsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Black Lick and Blairsville are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blairsville has the higher population (3,211 vs 1,008 in Black Lick). Blairsville has the higher median household income ($55,893 vs $31,944 in Black Lick). Blairsville has the higher median home value ($109,100 vs $80,600 in Black Lick).

Population, income & housing

	Black Lick	Blairsville
Population	1,008	3,211
Median age	59.8 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$31,944	$55,893
Median home value	$80,600	$109,100
Median gross rent	$423	$628
Housing units	547	1,714
Homeownership rate	81.7%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Lick	Blairsville
Population	1,876 → 1,008 (-46.3%)	3,257 → 3,211 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$30,489 → $31,944 (+4.8%)	$45,956 → $55,893 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$97,200 → $80,600 (-17.1%)	$92,200 → $109,100 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $423 (-29.7%)	$658 → $628 (-4.6%)

Black Lick

Population

1,8761,008

Median household income

$30,489$31,944

Median home value

$97,200$80,600

Median gross rent

$602$423

Blairsville

Population

3,2573,211

Median household income

$45,956$55,893

Median home value

$92,200$109,100

Median gross rent

$658$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Lick	Blairsville
Under 5	5.1%	2.5%
5 to 17	4.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.3%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.5%	11.0%
35 to 44	0.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	36.5%	23.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	13.9%
75 and over	18.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Lick	Blairsville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	5.7%
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	1.4%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Lick	Blairsville
No high school diploma	16.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	47.0%	52.0%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Lick	Blairsville
Drove alone	74.3%	84.3%
Carpooled	20.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Lick	Blairsville
1-unit, detached	55.4%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	7.5%
20 or more units	4.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	16.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Black Lick	Blairsville
Poverty rate	16.8%	17.1%
Average household size	2.02	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1963	1954