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Lancaster, KY

4,013 Population
2.5 square miles 1,590.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Garrard County: 43 ±1.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,631 ±$5,705 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Garrard County: $30,524 ±$2,115
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,898 ±$10,264 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Garrard County: $63,087 † ±$7,509
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.1% ±8.2% (1,129  ±320) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Garrard County: 15.9% † 2,771 (±2.6% / ±453)
  • nearly double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.3 minutes ±3 (35,620  ±7,383) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Garrard County: 33.1 214,090 (±2.3 / ±20,671)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,494 ±119 Number of households
  • Garrard County: 6,695 ±168
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (3,920  ±22) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Garrard County: 2.6 17,455 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.5% ±1% (5  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Garrard County: 3.9% † 145 (±2.4% / ±89)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,642 ±158 Number of housing units
  • Garrard County: 7,280 ±21
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$175,300 ±$44,114 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Garrard County: $204,900 ±$14,912
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.5% ±5.9% (500  ±234.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Garrard County: 9.1% † 1,594 (±2.5% / ±429)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.4% ±10.9% (2,174  ±307.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Garrard County: 85.9% 10,762 (±4.9% / ±610.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.2% ±4.8% (341  ±125.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Garrard County: 18.7% † 2,344 (±2.3% / ±293.4)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.9% ±1.8% (76  ±73) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Garrard County: 2% 343
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±3.3% (229  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Garrard County: 8.4% † 1,150 (±1.4% / ±198)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
229 Total veterans ±98 196 Male ±88 33 Female ±37

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