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Lancaster School District, PA

72,997 Population
13 square miles 5,625.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lancaster County: 39.1 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,815 ±$3,875 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lancaster County: $40,791 ±$1,584
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
$62,014 ±$5,780 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lancaster County: $80,067 ±$3,071
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511

17.7% ±4.9% (11,955  ±3,399) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Lancaster County: 8.4% † 45,442 (±1.2% / ±6,476)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)

23.7 minutes ±0.9 (799,875  ±42,750) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Lancaster County: 24 5,914,540 (±0.4 / ±109,905)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

27,960 ±2,261 Number of households
  • Lancaster County: 211,669 ±1,990
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
2.4 ±0.2 (67,497  ±3,736) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lancaster County: 2.6 541,381 (±0 / ±371)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719

6.9% ±3.7% (1,295  ±707) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lancaster County: 7.6% † 9,284 (±1.3% / ±1,575)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)

Housing

29,633 ±2,415 Number of housing units
  • Lancaster County: 220,296 ±171
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484

$237,600 ±$12,035 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lancaster County: $306,900 ±$8,946
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736

23.8% ±5.2% (17,268  ±3,854.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Lancaster County: 11.2% † 62,004 (±1.3% / ±6,958.8)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)

Social

85.4% ±4.5% (40,542  ±3,394.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lancaster County: 87% 331,268 (±2.3% / ±8,600.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
29.1% ±3.8% (13,812  ±2,009.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lancaster County: 31.6% 120,304 (±1.4% / ±5,149.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)

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

13.7% ±4.6% (9,961  ±3,404) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Lancaster County: 6.2% 34,609
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320

3.5% ±1.3% (2,082  ±795) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lancaster County: 5.5% 23,567 (±0.5% / ±2,134)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
2,082 Total veterans ±795 1,866 Male ±641 216 Female ±286

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