Lucerne Mines vs Saltsburg

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

Lucerne Mines and Saltsburg 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 703 in Saltsburg). Lucerne Mines has the higher median household income ($71,511 vs $63,750 in Saltsburg). Saltsburg has the higher median home value ($159,700 vs $129,500 in Lucerne Mines).

Population, income & housing

	Lucerne Mines	Saltsburg
Population	764	703
Median age	39.7 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,511	$63,750
Median home value	$129,500	$159,700
Median gross rent	$1,026	$789
Housing units	323	392
Homeownership rate	81.1%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lucerne Mines	Saltsburg
Population	999 → 764 (-23.5%)	694 → 703 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$73,934 → $71,511 (-3.3%)	$43,676 → $63,750 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $129,500 (+70.4%)	$107,200 → $159,700 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,026 (+16.6%)	$622 → $789 (+26.8%)

Lucerne Mines

Population

999764

Median household income

$73,934$71,511

Median home value

$76,000$129,500

Median gross rent

$880$1,026

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)

	Lucerne Mines	Saltsburg
Under 5	5.6%	8.3%
5 to 17	13.5%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	16.8%	18.8%
35 to 44	8.2%	6.4%
45 to 54	3.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	28.9%	12.8%
75 and over	5.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lucerne Mines	Saltsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	10.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lucerne Mines	Saltsburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	35.6%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	53.0%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lucerne Mines	Saltsburg
Drove alone	63.9%	82.8%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	20.6%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lucerne Mines	Saltsburg
1-unit, detached	94.7%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Lucerne Mines	Saltsburg
Poverty rate	0.3%	10.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	22	36
Median year structure built	1943	1947