Blairsville vs Homer City

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

Blairsville and Homer City 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 1,716 in Homer City). Homer City has the higher median household income ($60,893 vs $55,893 in Blairsville). Homer City has the higher median home value ($117,300 vs $109,100 in Blairsville).

Population, income & housing

	Blairsville	Homer City
Population	3,211	1,716
Median age	49.6 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,893	$60,893
Median home value	$109,100	$117,300
Median gross rent	$628	$699
Housing units	1,714	822
Homeownership rate	57.7%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairsville	Homer City
Population	3,257 → 3,211 (-1.4%)	1,688 → 1,716 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$45,956 → $55,893 (+21.6%)	$44,375 → $60,893 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$92,200 → $109,100 (+18.3%)	$96,900 → $117,300 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $628 (-4.6%)	$679 → $699 (+2.9%)

Blairsville

Population

3,2573,211

Median household income

$45,956$55,893

Median home value

$92,200$109,100

Median gross rent

$658$628

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)

	Blairsville	Homer City
Under 5	2.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	11.6%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	23.7%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.9%	14.0%
75 and over	6.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairsville	Homer City
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	95.6%
Black or African American	5.7%	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	10.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairsville	Homer City
No high school diploma	5.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	52.0%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairsville	Homer City
Drove alone	84.3%	78.3%
Carpooled	7.1%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	2.5%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairsville	Homer City
1-unit, detached	67.5%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	3.9%
20 or more units	8.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Blairsville	Homer City
Poverty rate	17.1%	7.3%
Average household size	2.24	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1954	1948