Estimated median household income in 2007: $39,775
| This zip code: | $39,775 | | Pennsylvania: | $48,576 |
Nearest zip codes: 15754, 15731, 15716, 15701, 15920, 15713.
Housing units in zip code 15748 with a mortgage: 842 (90 second mortgage, 152 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 934
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $966
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $395
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 9.6% | | Whole state: | 11.6% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 4.7% | | Whole state: | 5.1% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 6.1 | | State: | 6.4 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.8 | | State: | 4.2 |
Year house built: |
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- 1999 to March 2000: 47
- 1995 to 1998: 132
- 1990 to 1994: 85
- 1980 to 1989: 359
- 1970 to 1979: 548
- 1960 to 1969: 296
- 1950 to 1959: 330
- 1940 to 1949: 301
- 1939 or earlier: 1,015
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Lucerne Mines, PA (15748): |
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- no bedroom: 2
- 1 bedrooms: 49
- 2 bedrooms: 539
- 3 bedrooms: 1,328
- 4 bedrooms: 283
- 5 or more bedrooms: 43
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
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- no bedroom: 4
- 1 bedrooms: 121
- 2 bedrooms: 302
- 3 bedrooms: 200
- 4 bedrooms: 33
- 5 or more bedrooms: 4
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Vehicles available in 15748 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
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- no vehicle: 109
- 1 vehicle: 650
- 2 vehicles: 932
- 3 vehicles: 433
- 4 vehicles: 62
- 5 or more vehicles: 58
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
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- no vehicle: 54
- 1 vehicle: 395
- 2 vehicles: 183
- 3 vehicles: 27
- 4 vehicles: 0
- 5 or more vehicles: 5
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Estimated household income distribution in 2007:

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2007 in zip code 15748:
- Less than $10,000: 36
- $10,000 to $14,999: 18
- $15,000 to $19,999: 19
- $20,000 to $24,999: 20
- $25,000 to $29,999: 25
- $30,000 to $34,999: 31
- $35,000 to $39,999: 39
- $40,000 to $49,999: 87
- $50,000 to $59,999: 102
- $60,000 to $69,999: 110
- $70,000 to $79,999: 115
- $80,000 to $89,999: 164
- $90,000 to $99,999: 178
- $100,000 to $124,999: 461
- $125,000 to $149,999: 405
- $150,000 to $174,999: 157
- $175,000 to $199,999: 99
- $200,000 to $249,999: 98
- $250,000 to $299,999: 78
- $300,000 to $399,999: 20
- $400,000 to $499,999: 11
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Rent paid by renters in 2007 in zip code 15748:
- Less than $100: 9
- $100 to $149: 8
- $150 to $199: 17
- $200 to $249: 41
- $250 to $299: 59
- $300 to $349: 91
- $350 to $399: 57
- $400 to $449: 26
- $450 to $499: 11
- $500 to $549: 9
- $700 to $749: 3
- $2,000 or more: 5
- No cash rent: 111
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $73,575.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $113,633
- Black or African American householders: $106,276
- Asian householders: $367,879
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $367,879
Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $107,829 (it was $67,300 in 2000)
| 15748: | $107,829 | | Pennsylvania: | $155,000 |
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $55,951 - $119,387
Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $125,166| Here: | $125,166 | | State: | $224,371 |
Townhouses or other attached units: $63,288| Here: | $63,288 | | State: | $160,289 |
In 2-unit structures: $55,442| Here: | $55,442 | | State: | $153,822 |
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $83,472| Here: | $83,472 | | State: | $204,155 |
Mobile homes: $33,849| Here: | $33,849 | | State: | $35,442 |
Owners and renters by unit type in %
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Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
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Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,327
- One, attached: 59
- Two: 137
- 3 or 4: 101
- 5 to 9: 57
- 10 to 19: 11
- Mobile homes: 416
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 2,571 (83%)
- Carpooled: 295 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Taxi: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 131 (4%)
- Other means: 9 (0%)
- Worked at home: 66 (2%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 156
- 5 to 9 minutes: 324
- 10 to 14 minutes: 435
- 15 to 19 minutes: 722
- 20 to 24 minutes: 458
- 25 to 29 minutes: 125
- 30 to 34 minutes: 230
- 35 to 39 minutes: 68
- 40 to 44 minutes: 82
- 45 to 59 minutes: 138
- 60 to 89 minutes: 128
- 90 or more minutes: 156
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 79.4%
Household type by relationship
Households: 7,035
- In family households: 6,118 (1,718 male householders, 365 female householders)
1,698 spouses, 2,041 children (1,926 natural, 42 adopted, 73 stepchildren), 82 grandchildren, 50 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 49 other relatives, 100 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 917 (356 male householders (297 living alone)), 457 female householders (427 living alone)), 104 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 18 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 966 2-persons, 482 3-persons, 437 4-persons, 124 5-persons, 64 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 724 1-person, 81 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 2 4-persons.
1,158 married couples with children.
286 single-parent households (82 men, 204 women).
96.9% of residents of 15748 zip code speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% very well, 17% well, 4% not well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% very well, 36% well, 5% not well, 1% not at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% very well, 50% not at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% very well).
Foreign born population: 57 (0.8%)
(82.5% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 0.8% | | Whole state: | 4.1% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (26%)
- Poland (25%)
- Philippines (11%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Costa Rica (9%)
- Japan (7%)
- Cuba (5%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population |
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- 1995 to March 2000: 10
- 1990 to 1994: 10
- 1985 to 1989: 2
- 1980 to 1984: 0
- 1975 to 1979: 0
- 1970 to 1974: 0
- 1970 to 1974: 0
- 1965 to 1969: 35
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White population: 7,014
Black population: 16
American Indian population: 11
Asian population: 6
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0
Some other race population: 3
Two or more races population: 23

First ancestries reported:
|  German: 965 |
|  Italian: 804 |
|  Polish: 487 |
|  Irish: 482 |
|  Slovak: 373 |
|  United States or American: 330 |
|  English: 304 |
|  Scotch-Irish: 172 |
|  Dutch: 141 |
|  Hungarian: 141 |
|  Scottish: 132 |
|  Other groups: 131 |
|  Czech: 69 |
|  Ukrainian: 55 |
|  Croatian: 52 |
|  Swedish: 48 |
|  Russian: 39 |
|  French (except Basque): 38 |
|  Lithuanian: 36 |
|  Pennsylvania German: 36 |
|  European: 30 |
|  Swiss: 29 |
|  Czechoslovakian: 24 |
|  Slovene: 23 |
|  Welsh: 18 |
|  Slavic: 14 |
|  British: 13 |
|  Norwegian: 13 |
|  French Canadian: 11 |
|  Greek: 10 |
|  Northern European: 7 |
|  Austrian: 6 |
|  Yugoslavian: 5 |
|  Belgian: 4 |
|  Canadian: 3 |
|  Jamaican: 2 |
|  Carpatho Rusyn: 2 |
|  Danish: 2 |
|  Arab:: 2 |
|  Other Arab: 2 |
|  Turkish: 2 |
|  West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 2 |
|  Australian: 2 |
Facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- BIG OAK VILLAGE MHP (52 BIG OAK VLG in GRACETON, PA)
STATE MASTER (Pennsylvania database) - PCS-PA0090433, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Business SIC classification: OPERATORS OF RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME SITES
Alternative names: BIG OAK VILLAGE MOBILE HOME PK
- ARONE AUTO BODY (136 W ELM ST in HOMER CITY, PA)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Organizations: ARONE FRANK (CONTACT/OWNER)
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,249
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Utility gas (53%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (4%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6434
- Northeast: 104
- Midwest: 217
- South: 190
- West: 40
73% of the 15748 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Pennsylvania.
Population in 1990: 3,677. Population change in the 1990s: +3,396 (+92.4%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
| Here: | 2.2% | | Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 3.0% | | Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 41
| Here: | 16.7% | | Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
- NONLETHAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC (9419 RT 286 HWY WEST in HOMER CITY, VT; small business)
$940,520 with Navy for Miscellaneous Ammunition. Taking place in VT. Signed on 2001-12-18. Completion date: 2002-05-21.
- NONLETHAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC (9419 RT 286 HWY WEST in HOMER CITY, PA; small business)
50 employees, $0 revenue. : $306,660 in 5 contracts from 2001 to 2003
Contracts for Military Chemical Agents, Specialized Ammunition Handling Servicing Equipment by Navy, Army Signed by year: 2000: $0; 2001: $54,600; 2002: $77,935; 2003: $174,125; 2004: $0; 2005: $0; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$99,750 with Navy for Military Chemical Agents. Signed on 2003-01-22. Completion date: 2002-04-18.
$77,935 with Army for Military Chemical Agents. Signed on 2002-08-22. Completion date: 2003-07-31.
$71,820, same as above. Signed on 2003-08-26. Completion date: 2003-07-31.
$54,600 with Navy for Specialized Ammunition Handling Servicing Equipment. Signed on 2001-08-08. Completion date: 2001-11-06.
- FMC TECHNOLOGIES INC (57 COOPER AVE in HOMER CITY, PA): $295,632 in 13 contracts from 2000 to 2006
Contracts for Ship and Boat Propulsion Components, Power and Hand Pumps, Packing and Gasket Materials, Non-nuclear Ship Repair (East) Ship repair (including overhauls and conversions) performed on non-nuclear propelled and nonpropelled ships east of the 108th meridian, and more by Navy, Defense Logistics Agency, U.S. Coast Guard Signed by year: 2000: $103,310; 2001: $86,850; 2002: $0; 2003: $3,220; 2004: $20,225; 2005: $75,826; 2006: $6,201.
Biggest contracts:
$86,850 with Navy for Ship and Boat Propulsion Components. Signed on 2001-09-24. Completion date: 2002-01-18.
$40,120 with Defense Logistics Agency for Power and Hand Pumps. Signed on 2000-08-08. Completion date: 2001-12-18.
$38,190 with Navy for Packing and Gasket Materials. Signed on 2000-01-19. Completion date: 2000-06-14.
$25,000 with Navy for Non-nuclear Ship Repair (East) Ship repair (including overhauls and conversions) performed on non-nuclear propelled and nonpropelled ships east of the 108th meridian. Signed on 2000-09-01. Completion date: 2000-09-30.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Utilities: Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation (250-499 employees: 1 establishment)
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Engineering Services (100-249: 1, 10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
- Mining: Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining (50-99: 1)
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Solid Waste Collection (50-99: 1)
- Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (20-49: 1, 5-9: 1)
- Wholesale Trade: Hardware Merchant Wholesalers (20-49: 1)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)
10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
6 people in other group homes
Fatal accident statistics in 2006
- Fatal accident count: 9
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 13
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 3
- Fatalities: 10
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 21
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 2
Fatal accident statistics in 2005
- Fatal accident count: 2
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 2
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
- Fatalities: 2
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 4
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
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