Black Lick vs Lucerne Mines

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

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

Black Lick has the higher population (1,008 vs 764 in Lucerne Mines). Lucerne Mines has the higher median household income ($71,511 vs $31,944 in Black Lick). Lucerne Mines has the higher median home value ($129,500 vs $80,600 in Black Lick).

Population, income & housing

	Black Lick	Lucerne Mines
Population	1,008	764
Median age	59.8 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$31,944	$71,511
Median home value	$80,600	$129,500
Median gross rent	$423	$1,026
Housing units	547	323
Homeownership rate	81.7%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Lick	Lucerne Mines
Population	1,876 → 1,008 (-46.3%)	999 → 764 (-23.5%)
Median household income	$30,489 → $31,944 (+4.8%)	$73,934 → $71,511 (-3.3%)
Median home value	$97,200 → $80,600 (-17.1%)	$76,000 → $129,500 (+70.4%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $423 (-29.7%)	$880 → $1,026 (+16.6%)

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

Lucerne Mines

Population

999764

Median household income

$73,934$71,511

Median home value

$76,000$129,500

Median gross rent

$880$1,026

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Lick	Lucerne Mines
Under 5	5.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	4.2%	13.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.5%	16.8%
35 to 44	0.4%	8.2%
45 to 54	8.3%	3.4%
55 to 64	36.5%	10.6%
65 to 74	13.1%	28.9%
75 and over	18.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Lick	Lucerne Mines
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.7%
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%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Lick	Lucerne Mines
No high school diploma	16.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.0%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Lick	Lucerne Mines
Drove alone	74.3%	63.9%
Carpooled	20.8%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	20.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Lick	Lucerne Mines
1-unit, detached	55.4%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.6%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Black Lick	Lucerne Mines
Poverty rate	16.8%	0.3%
Average household size	2.02	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	14	22
Median year structure built	1963	1943