Homer City vs Lucerne Mines

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

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

Homer City has the higher population (1,716 vs 764 in Lucerne Mines). Lucerne Mines has the higher median household income ($71,511 vs $60,893 in Homer City). Lucerne Mines has the higher median home value ($129,500 vs $117,300 in Homer City).

Population, income & housing

	Homer City	Lucerne Mines
Population	1,716	764
Median age	43.1 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,893	$71,511
Median home value	$117,300	$129,500
Median gross rent	$699	$1,026
Housing units	822	323
Homeownership rate	70.3%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homer City	Lucerne Mines
Population	1,688 → 1,716 (+1.7%)	999 → 764 (-23.5%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $60,893 (+37.2%)	$73,934 → $71,511 (-3.3%)
Median home value	$96,900 → $117,300 (+21.1%)	$76,000 → $129,500 (+70.4%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $699 (+2.9%)	$880 → $1,026 (+16.6%)

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

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)

	Homer City	Lucerne Mines
Under 5	3.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.8%	13.5%
18 to 24	11.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	8.3%	16.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	8.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	3.4%
55 to 64	16.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	14.0%	28.9%
75 and over	5.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homer City	Lucerne Mines
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homer City	Lucerne Mines
No high school diploma	5.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.8%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homer City	Lucerne Mines
Drove alone	78.3%	63.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	8.5%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	20.6%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homer City	Lucerne Mines
1-unit, detached	82.0%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Homer City	Lucerne Mines
Poverty rate	7.3%	0.3%
Average household size	2.24	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1948	1943