Jacksonville vs Lucerne Mines

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

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

Lucerne Mines has the higher population (764 vs 548 in Jacksonville). Lucerne Mines has the higher median household income ($71,511 vs $55,000 in Jacksonville). Lucerne Mines has the higher median home value ($129,500 vs $75,400 in Jacksonville).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Lucerne Mines
Population	548	764
Median age	39.4 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$71,511
Median home value	$75,400	$129,500
Median gross rent	$1,094	$1,026
Housing units	230	323
Homeownership rate	83.0%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Lucerne Mines
Population	612 → 548 (-10.5%)	999 → 764 (-23.5%)
Median household income	$42,656 → $55,000 (+28.9%)	$73,934 → $71,511 (-3.3%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $75,400 (+9.3%)	$76,000 → $129,500 (+70.4%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $1,094 (+30.7%)	$880 → $1,026 (+16.6%)

Jacksonville

Population

612548

Median household income

$42,656$55,000

Median home value

$69,000$75,400

Median gross rent

$837$1,094

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)

	Jacksonville	Lucerne Mines
Under 5	5.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.7%	16.8%
35 to 44	17.3%	8.2%
45 to 54	17.9%	3.4%
55 to 64	7.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	5.1%	28.9%
75 and over	9.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Lucerne Mines
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	3.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Lucerne Mines
No high school diploma	8.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	53.8%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Lucerne Mines
Drove alone	93.3%	63.9%
Carpooled	2.8%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	20.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Lucerne Mines
1-unit, detached	67.0%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	17.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Lucerne Mines
Poverty rate	2.0%	0.3%
Average household size	2.74	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1942	1943