Harveys Lake vs Luzerne

A side-by-side comparison of Harveys Lake and Luzerne: population, income, housing, and more.

Harveys Lake and Luzerne are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Harveys Lake has the higher population (2,800 vs 2,720 in Luzerne). Harveys Lake has the higher median household income ($68,462 vs $39,257 in Luzerne). Harveys Lake has the higher median home value ($229,600 vs $113,700 in Luzerne).

Population, income & housing

	Harveys Lake	Luzerne
Population	2,800	2,720
Median age	47.5 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,462	$39,257
Median home value	$229,600	$113,700
Median gross rent	$1,230	$758
Housing units	1,770	1,579
Homeownership rate	79.5%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harveys Lake	Luzerne
Population	2,762 → 2,800 (+1.4%)	2,817 → 2,720 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$79,432 → $68,462 (-13.8%)	$36,250 → $39,257 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$181,300 → $229,600 (+26.6%)	$87,700 → $113,700 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,174 → $1,230 (+4.8%)	$568 → $758 (+33.5%)

Harveys Lake

Population

2,7622,800

Median household income

$79,432$68,462

Median home value

$181,300$229,600

Median gross rent

$1,174$1,230

Luzerne

Population

2,8172,720

Median household income

$36,250$39,257

Median home value

$87,700$113,700

Median gross rent

$568$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harveys Lake	Luzerne
Under 5	5.1%	7.0%
5 to 17	8.6%	13.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	19.6%	10.8%
35 to 44	9.6%	7.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	23.7%	15.5%
75 and over	4.9%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harveys Lake	Luzerne
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.0%
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	0.9%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harveys Lake	Luzerne
No high school diploma	5.7%	12.7%
High school graduate	25.2%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harveys Lake	Luzerne
Drove alone	87.5%	79.2%
Carpooled	2.2%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	10.0%	12.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harveys Lake	Luzerne
1-unit, detached	82.8%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harveys Lake	Luzerne
Poverty rate	7.6%	21.8%
Average household size	2.19	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	39	18
Median year structure built	1973	1943