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Lancaster City township, Fairfield County, OH

40,841 Population
18.2 square miles 2,243 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Fairfield County: 39.5 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$31,401 ±$1,583 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Fairfield County: $40,561 ±$1,018
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $39,455 ±$153
$54,855 ±$2,959 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Fairfield County: $87,069 ±$2,636
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $69,680 ±$287

14.9% ±2.2% (5,861  ±872) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Fairfield County: 8.2% 12,903 (±0.8% / ±1,179)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 13.2% 1,519,610 (±0.2% / ±19,289)

26.7 minutes ±2.1 (444,225  ±41,309) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Fairfield County: 27.7 1,894,075 (±0.7 / ±61,645)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

16,740 ±554 Number of households
  • Fairfield County: 59,979 ±510
  • Ohio: 4,829,571 ±8,204
2.4 ±0.1 (39,745  ±75) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Fairfield County: 2.6 158,201 (±0 / ±62)
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,487,883

6.4% ±2.1% (612  ±201) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Fairfield County: 6% † 2,154 (±1% / ±348)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,745 (±0.1% / ±3,112)

Housing

18,135 ±566 Number of housing units
  • Fairfield County: 63,397 ±68
  • Ohio: 5,271,573 ±770

$180,000 ±$8,425 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Fairfield County: $272,200 ±$4,003
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $199,200 ±$485

16.4% ±2.4% (6,639  ±961.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Fairfield County: 11% 17,601 (±1% / ±1,616.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ohio: 12.4% 1,448,007 (±0.2% / ±16,933.5)

Social

92.2% ±3.9% (25,491  ±1,237.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Fairfield County: 94% 103,090 (±2.1% / ±2,326.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.6% 7,442,790 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
21.3% ±2.2% (5,893  ±631) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Fairfield County: 31.9% 34,987 (±1.2% / ±1,310.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 31% 2,514,129 (±0.2% / ±13,218.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.7% ±0.7% (702  ±270) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Fairfield County: 4% 6,499
  • about one-third of the rate in Ohio: 5% 593,142

9.2% ±1.6% (2,863  ±512) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Fairfield County: 7.4% 9,056 (±0.6% / ±712)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 626,617 (±0.1% / ±5,437)
2,863 Total veterans ±512 2,770 Male ±500 93 Female ±88

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