Black Lick vs Saltsburg

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

Black Lick and Saltsburg 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 703 in Saltsburg). Saltsburg has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $31,944 in Black Lick). Saltsburg has the higher median home value ($159,700 vs $80,600 in Black Lick).

Population, income & housing

	Black Lick	Saltsburg
Population	1,008	703
Median age	59.8 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$31,944	$63,750
Median home value	$80,600	$159,700
Median gross rent	$423	$789
Housing units	547	392
Homeownership rate	81.7%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Lick	Saltsburg
Population	1,876 → 1,008 (-46.3%)	694 → 703 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$30,489 → $31,944 (+4.8%)	$43,676 → $63,750 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$97,200 → $80,600 (-17.1%)	$107,200 → $159,700 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $423 (-29.7%)	$622 → $789 (+26.8%)

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

Saltsburg

Population

694703

Median household income

$43,676$63,750

Median home value

$107,200$159,700

Median gross rent

$622$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Lick	Saltsburg
Under 5	5.1%	8.3%
5 to 17	4.2%	16.6%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	9.5%	18.8%
35 to 44	0.4%	6.4%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.8%
55 to 64	36.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	12.8%
75 and over	18.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Lick	Saltsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	10.8%
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%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Lick	Saltsburg
No high school diploma	16.2%	1.9%
High school graduate	47.0%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Lick	Saltsburg
Drove alone	74.3%	82.8%
Carpooled	20.8%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	4.9%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Lick	Saltsburg
1-unit, detached	55.4%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	6.6%
20 or more units	4.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	16.6%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Black Lick	Saltsburg
Poverty rate	16.8%	10.0%
Average household size	2.02	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	14	36
Median year structure built	1963	1947