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Lancaster School District, PA

80,497 Population
13 square miles 6,203.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lancaster County: 40 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,349 ±$2,849 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lancaster County: $44,439 ±$1,710
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$66,756 ±$4,873 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lancaster County: $85,802 ±$2,767
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.1% ±3.6% (9,106  ±2,749) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lancaster County: 7.3% † 39,876 (±1% / ±5,510)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.6 minutes ±1 (797,215  ±45,302) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Lancaster County: 23.8 5,820,485 (±0.3 / ±94,254)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

31,457 ±2,187 Number of households
  • Lancaster County: 217,820 ±1,209
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (75,177  ±5,356) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lancaster County: 2.5 546,499 (±0 / ±100)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.5% ±2.2% (766  ±480) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lancaster County: 4.7% † 5,901 (±1.1% / ±1,402)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

32,148 ±2,260 Number of housing units
  • Lancaster County: 222,035 ±68
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$257,200 ±$13,847 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lancaster County: $332,600 ±$6,987
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

19.5% ±4.4% (15,577  ±3,698.2) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Lancaster County: 10.4% † 58,036 (±1.2% / ±6,411.6)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.7% ±4% (46,949  ±3,992.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lancaster County: 88.2% 339,603 (±2.2% / ±8,554.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
32% ±3.1% (17,108  ±2,058) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lancaster County: 35% 134,807 (±1.4% / ±5,357)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

13.5% ±3.9% (10,878  ±3,230) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Lancaster County: 6.5% 36,529
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.4% ±1.4% (2,757  ±908) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lancaster County: 5.6% † 24,403 (±0.6% / ±2,636)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,757 Total veterans ±908 2,445 Male ±819 312 Female ±359

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