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Lancaster, CA

166,220 Population
94.3 square miles 1,763 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,175 ±$2,953 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $46,589 ±$379
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$74,991 ±$8,430 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $91,960 ±$779
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

16% ±4.1% (25,660  ±6,552) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 12.6% 1,585,798 (±0.3% / ±38,842)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

36.8 minutes ±2.6 (2,082,150  ±246,437) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 30.3 163,337,840 (±0.2 / ±1,299,339)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)

Families

52,431 ±3,492 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,542,998 ±10,740
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
3.1 ±0.2 (161,618  ±200) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8 12,545,130 (±0 / ±2,416)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200

4.8% ±2.1% (1,838  ±828) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.2% 130,398 (±0.2% / ±7,499)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

54,847 ±3,455 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,828,892 ±863
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$450,500 ±$12,576 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $867,200 ±$4,333
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

6.9% ±2.4% (11,298  ±3,859.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 9.3% 1,173,921 (±0.3% / ±32,630.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

82.8% ±2% (87,544  ±5,543.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 82.7% 7,495,534 (±0.5% / ±45,581.1)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
20.4% ±2.2% (21,588  ±2,681.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.5% 3,487,205 (±0.3% / ±29,272.7)
  • about half the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)

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

15.6% ±2.7% (25,854  ±4,497) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.9% 4,207,484
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

6.8% ±1.1% (8,279  ±1,452) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8% 287,466 (±0.1% / ±8,605)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
8,279 Total veterans ±1,452 7,154 Male ±1,213 1,125 Female ±721

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