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Lancaster, NY

10,127 Population
2.7 square miles 3,725.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±5.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$40,844 ±$3,794 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $40,894 ±$428
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$63,902 ±$5,152 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $70,572 ±$808
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

5.1% ±2.1% (516  ±211) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 13.8% 157,023 (±0.4% / ±4,895)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

17.7 minutes ±2.2 (98,980  ±14,834) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 21.5 10,560,275 (±0.3 / ±156,556)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

5,075 ±356 Number of households
  • the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 500,204 ±1,649
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2 ±0.1 (10,071  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 2.3 1,131,819 (±0 / ±508)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

11.1% ±7.1% (269  ±175) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 4.7% 12,267 (±0.3% / ±883)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

5,328 ±395 Number of housing units
  • the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 540,322 ±251
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$186,300 ±$12,898 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $209,600 ±$1,823
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

7% ±3% (705  ±300.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 10.4% 120,007 (±0.4% / ±4,211.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

94.4% ±9.4% (7,275  ±797.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 92.4% 761,788 (±0.8% / ±6,420.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
25.2% ±4.6% (1,944  ±366.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 35.1% 289,690 (±0.5% / ±3,890.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

0.8% ±0.7% (80  ±74) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 6.6% 76,909
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

6% ±3.3% (509  ±281) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 6.4% 58,861 (±0.2% / ±1,718)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
509 Total veterans ±281 487 Male ±280 22 Female ±34

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