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Lancaster, KY

3,960 Population
2.5 square miles 1,569.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Garrard County: 42.9 ±1.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$22,431 ±$5,431 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Garrard County: $30,619 ±$2,094
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$45,795 ±$10,023 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Garrard County: $62,572 † ±$6,691
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

25.1% ±8.3% (953  ±314) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Garrard County: 17.1% † 2,922 (±2.6% / ±451)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

29.1 minutes ±1.9 (36,180  ±7,160) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Garrard County: 33.6 217,320 (±2.2 / ±19,223)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

1,477 ±134 Number of households
  • Garrard County: 6,625 ±159
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.6 ±0.2 (3,861  ±27) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Garrard County: 2.6 17,221 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

0.6% ±0.9% (7  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Garrard County: 5.2% † 197 (±3% / ±112)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

1,624 ±139 Number of housing units
  • Garrard County: 7,272 ±25
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$134,700 ±$75,295 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Garrard County: $186,800 ±$10,518
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

13.9% ±5.9% (551  ±233.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Garrard County: 9.3% † 1,602 (±2.3% / ±403.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

81.7% ±9% (2,127  ±288.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Garrard County: 85.8% 10,584 (±4.9% / ±609)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
12.7% ±4.3% (331  ±113.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Garrard County: 19.1% † 2,352 (±2.4% / ±301.2)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

0.5% ±0.9% (18  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Garrard County: 2.2% 383
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

7.9% ±3.2% (236  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Garrard County: 9.2% † 1,243 (±1.4% / ±195)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
236 Total veterans ±96 210 Male ±90 26 Female ±32

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