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Lancaster, OH

40,902 Population
19 square miles 2,147.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$31,393 ±$1,582 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: $43,665 ±$350
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $39,455 ±$153
$54,901 ±$2,982 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: $79,847 ±$702
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $69,680 ±$287

14.8% ±2.2% (5,861  ±872) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 12.2% 256,928 (±0.4% / ±8,476)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 13.2% 1,519,610 (±0.2% / ±19,289)

26.9 minutes ±2.1 (447,825  ±41,970) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 23.9 21,645,150 (±0.2 / ±209,151)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

16,758 ±561 Number of households
  • the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 855,292 ±2,104
  • Ohio: 4,829,571 ±8,204
2.4 ±0.1 (39,806  ±120) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 2.5 2,102,972 (±0 / ±623)
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,487,883

6.4% ±2.1% (612  ±201) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 5.7% 30,351 (±0.3% / ±1,506)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,745 (±0.1% / ±3,112)

Housing

18,153 ±576 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 915,425 ±415
  • Ohio: 5,271,573 ±770

$180,200 ±$8,386 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: $274,300 ±$1,647
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $199,200 ±$485

16.4% ±2.4% (6,639  ±961.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 14.9% 316,494 (±0.4% / ±7,592.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ohio: 12.4% 1,448,007 (±0.2% / ±16,933.5)

Social

92.2% ±3.8% (25,524  ±1,237.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 92.1% 1,339,613 (±0.6% / ±9,160.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.6% 7,442,790 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
21.4% ±2.2% (5,911  ±632.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 39.4% 573,384 (±0.4% / ±5,629.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 31% 2,514,129 (±0.2% / ±13,218.6)

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

1.7% ±0.7% (702  ±270) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 9.5% 204,922
  • about one-third of the rate in Ohio: 5% 593,142

9.1% ±1.6% (2,863  ±512) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 6.1% 100,536 (±0.2% / ±2,510)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 626,617 (±0.1% / ±5,437)
2,863 Total veterans ±512 2,770 Male ±500 93 Female ±88

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