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Lancaster, OH

41,249 Population
19 square miles 2,166 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,001 ±$2,198 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: $44,770 ±$370
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,133 ±$4,378 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: $81,945 ±$776
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.6% ±2.4% (5,001  ±938) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 12.3% 260,120 (±0.3% / ±6,844)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.7 minutes ±2.3 (467,110  ±46,173) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 23.6 21,045,524 (±0.2 / ±215,071)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

16,857 ±485 Number of households
  • the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 864,663 ±2,165
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (40,112  ±157) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 2.5 2,126,387 (±0 / ±625)
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.1% ±2% (493  ±189) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 5.4% 28,677 (±0.3% / ±1,483)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

18,317 ±512 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 926,466 ±398
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$193,900 ±$11,742 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: $300,800 ±$2,290
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.7% ±2.2% (6,022  ±905.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 14.3% 307,565 (±0.3% / ±7,160)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.4% ±3.6% (26,136  ±1,190.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 92.2% 1,358,942 (±0.6% / ±9,028.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.9% ±2.2% (6,185  ±628.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 39.8% 586,713 (±0.4% / ±6,322.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about three-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

2.1% ±0.8% (865  ±309) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 10% 217,546
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9% ±1.4% (2,870  ±442) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Columbus, OH Metro Area: 5.9% 97,619 (±0.2% / ±2,856)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,870 Total veterans ±442 2,735 Male ±438 135 Female ±86

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