Homer City vs Saltsburg

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

Homer City and Saltsburg 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 703 in Saltsburg). Saltsburg has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $60,893 in Homer City). Saltsburg has the higher median home value ($159,700 vs $117,300 in Homer City).

Population, income & housing

	Homer City	Saltsburg
Population	1,716	703
Median age	43.1 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,893	$63,750
Median home value	$117,300	$159,700
Median gross rent	$699	$789
Housing units	822	392
Homeownership rate	70.3%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homer City	Saltsburg
Population	1,688 → 1,716 (+1.7%)	694 → 703 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $60,893 (+37.2%)	$43,676 → $63,750 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$96,900 → $117,300 (+21.1%)	$107,200 → $159,700 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $699 (+2.9%)	$622 → $789 (+26.8%)

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

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)

	Homer City	Saltsburg
Under 5	3.1%	8.3%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	11.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.3%	18.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	6.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	16.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	14.0%	12.8%
75 and over	5.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homer City	Saltsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	10.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homer City	Saltsburg
No high school diploma	5.2%	1.9%
High school graduate	36.8%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homer City	Saltsburg
Drove alone	78.3%	82.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	3.4%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	7.7%	8.2%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homer City	Saltsburg
1-unit, detached	82.0%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.2%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Homer City	Saltsburg
Poverty rate	7.3%	10.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	21	36
Median year structure built	1948	1947