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Lancaster township, Lancaster County, PA

18,573 Population
5.9 square miles 3,170.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±3.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lancaster County: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$50,324 ±$6,921 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lancaster County: $41,319 ±$659
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$93,975 ±$5,816 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lancaster County: $83,703 ±$1,740
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

8.1% ±3.2% (1,441  ±577) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lancaster County: 8.7% 47,050 (±0.6% / ±3,054)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

24.4 minutes ±2 (199,535  ±24,005) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lancaster County: 24 5,914,540 (±0.4 / ±109,905)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

7,342 ±396 Number of households
  • Lancaster County: 210,536 ±704
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.1 (17,783  ±47) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lancaster County: 2.6 540,847 (±0 / ±84)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

6.7% ±3.4% (269  ±140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Lancaster County: 6.4% 7,866 (±0.6% / ±699)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

7,669 ±434 Number of housing units
  • Lancaster County: 217,863 ±184
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$270,100 ±$11,534 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Lancaster County: $279,400 ±$2,570
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

16.3% ±4.8% (3,011  ±884.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lancaster County: 10.8% 59,411 (±0.6% / ±3,207.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

92.2% ±5.5% (12,633  ±918.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lancaster County: 87.2% 329,018 (±1.2% / ±4,330.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
41.8% ±4.1% (5,731  ±607.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lancaster County: 31% 116,943 (±0.7% / ±2,505.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

9.4% ±2.8% (1,738  ±515) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lancaster County: 5.6% 31,113
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

7.4% ±1.6% (1,077  ±235) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lancaster County: 5.9% 24,963 (±0.3% / ±1,236)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,077 Total veterans ±235 879 Male ±213 198 Female ±137

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