Blair County vs Lycoming County

A side-by-side comparison of Blair County and Lycoming County: population, income, housing, and more.

Blair County and Lycoming County are counties in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blair County has the higher population (121,854 vs 113,570 in Lycoming County). Lycoming County has the higher median household income ($64,412 vs $60,594 in Blair County). Lycoming County has the higher median home value ($195,600 vs $156,700 in Blair County).

Population, income & housing

	Blair County	Lycoming County
Population	121,854	113,570
Median age	42.9 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,594	$64,412
Median home value	$156,700	$195,600
Median gross rent	$854	$887
Housing units	55,788	52,692
Homeownership rate	72.4%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blair County	Lycoming County
Population	123,157 → 121,854 (-1.1%)	114,330 → 113,570 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$49,181 → $60,594 (+23.2%)	$54,241 → $64,412 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$123,600 → $156,700 (+26.8%)	$155,800 → $195,600 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $854 (+18.3%)	$787 → $887 (+12.7%)

Blair County

Population

123,157121,854

Median household income

$49,181$60,594

Median home value

$123,600$156,700

Median gross rent

$722$854

Lycoming County

Population

114,330113,570

Median household income

$54,241$64,412

Median home value

$155,800$195,600

Median gross rent

$787$887

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blair County	Lycoming County
Under 5	5.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.9%
75 and over	8.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blair County	Lycoming County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	88.6%
Black or African American	1.7%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blair County	Lycoming County
No high school diploma	6.8%	8.9%
High school graduate	45.2%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blair County	Lycoming County
Drove alone	80.9%	77.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.6%	1.3%
Walked	3.4%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.9%	7.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blair County	Lycoming County
1-unit, detached	71.7%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	6.3%
20 or more units	4.9%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Blair County	Lycoming County
Poverty rate	13.0%	12.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1957	1963