Blairsville vs Lucerne Mines

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

Blairsville and Lucerne Mines 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 764 in Lucerne Mines). Lucerne Mines has the higher median household income ($71,511 vs $55,893 in Blairsville). Lucerne Mines has the higher median home value ($129,500 vs $109,100 in Blairsville).

Population, income & housing

	Blairsville	Lucerne Mines
Population	3,211	764
Median age	49.6 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,893	$71,511
Median home value	$109,100	$129,500
Median gross rent	$628	$1,026
Housing units	1,714	323
Homeownership rate	57.7%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairsville	Lucerne Mines
Population	3,257 → 3,211 (-1.4%)	999 → 764 (-23.5%)
Median household income	$45,956 → $55,893 (+21.6%)	$73,934 → $71,511 (-3.3%)
Median home value	$92,200 → $109,100 (+18.3%)	$76,000 → $129,500 (+70.4%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $628 (-4.6%)	$880 → $1,026 (+16.6%)

Blairsville

Population

3,2573,211

Median household income

$45,956$55,893

Median home value

$92,200$109,100

Median gross rent

$658$628

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)

	Blairsville	Lucerne Mines
Under 5	2.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	16.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	8.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	3.4%
55 to 64	23.7%	10.6%
65 to 74	13.9%	28.9%
75 and over	6.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairsville	Lucerne Mines
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	98.3%
Black or African American	5.7%	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	10.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairsville	Lucerne Mines
No high school diploma	5.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	52.0%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairsville	Lucerne Mines
Drove alone	84.3%	63.9%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	20.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairsville	Lucerne Mines
1-unit, detached	67.5%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Blairsville	Lucerne Mines
Poverty rate	17.1%	0.3%
Average household size	2.24	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1954	1943