Black Lick vs Homer City

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

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

Homer City has the higher population (1,716 vs 1,008 in Black Lick). Homer City has the higher median household income ($60,893 vs $31,944 in Black Lick). Homer City has the higher median home value ($117,300 vs $80,600 in Black Lick).

Population, income & housing

	Black Lick	Homer City
Population	1,008	1,716
Median age	59.8 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$31,944	$60,893
Median home value	$80,600	$117,300
Median gross rent	$423	$699
Housing units	547	822
Homeownership rate	81.7%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Lick	Homer City
Population	1,876 → 1,008 (-46.3%)	1,688 → 1,716 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$30,489 → $31,944 (+4.8%)	$44,375 → $60,893 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$97,200 → $80,600 (-17.1%)	$96,900 → $117,300 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $423 (-29.7%)	$679 → $699 (+2.9%)

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

Homer City

Population

1,6881,716

Median household income

$44,375$60,893

Median home value

$96,900$117,300

Median gross rent

$679$699

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Lick	Homer City
Under 5	5.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	4.2%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.3%	11.6%
25 to 34	9.5%	8.3%
35 to 44	0.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	8.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	36.5%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.1%	14.0%
75 and over	18.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Lick	Homer City
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Lick	Homer City
No high school diploma	16.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	47.0%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Lick	Homer City
Drove alone	74.3%	78.3%
Carpooled	20.8%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	4.9%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Lick	Homer City
1-unit, detached	55.4%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	3.9%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	16.6%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Black Lick	Homer City
Poverty rate	16.8%	7.3%
Average household size	2.02	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1963	1948