Chevy Chase Heights vs Lucerne Mines

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

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

Chevy Chase Heights has the higher population (1,094 vs 764 in Lucerne Mines). Lucerne Mines has the higher median household income ($71,511 vs $65,288 in Chevy Chase Heights). Chevy Chase Heights has the higher median home value ($134,800 vs $129,500 in Lucerne Mines).

Population, income & housing

	Chevy Chase Heights	Lucerne Mines
Population	1,094	764
Median age	43.6 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,288	$71,511
Median home value	$134,800	$129,500
Median gross rent	$688	$1,026
Housing units	725	323
Homeownership rate	56.8%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	18.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chevy Chase Heights	Lucerne Mines
Population	1,425 → 1,094 (-23.2%)	999 → 764 (-23.5%)
Median household income	$39,327 → $65,288 (+66.0%)	$73,934 → $71,511 (-3.3%)
Median home value	$155,100 → $134,800 (-13.1%)	$76,000 → $129,500 (+70.4%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $688 (+11.0%)	$880 → $1,026 (+16.6%)

Chevy Chase Heights

Population

1,4251,094

Median household income

$39,327$65,288

Median home value

$155,100$134,800

Median gross rent

$620$688

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)

	Chevy Chase Heights	Lucerne Mines
Under 5	3.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	10.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	16.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	8.2%
45 to 54	8.2%	3.4%
55 to 64	10.9%	10.6%
65 to 74	17.0%	28.9%
75 and over	13.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chevy Chase Heights	Lucerne Mines
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	98.3%
Black or African American	10.9%	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	6.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chevy Chase Heights	Lucerne Mines
No high school diploma	6.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.6%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chevy Chase Heights	Lucerne Mines
Drove alone	73.2%	63.9%
Carpooled	14.3%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	20.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chevy Chase Heights	Lucerne Mines
1-unit, detached	57.4%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Chevy Chase Heights	Lucerne Mines
Poverty rate	18.8%	0.3%
Average household size	1.67	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	14	22
Median year structure built	1970	1943