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Lancaster township, Wells County, IN

6,044 Population
47.6 square miles 127 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Wells County: 40.6 ±0.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$35,233 ±$3,279 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wells County: $33,020 ±$1,413
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $35,578 ±$204
$72,070 ±$11,862 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wells County: $68,074 ±$3,789
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $67,173 ±$383

7.2% ±3.6% (420  ±207) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wells County: 6.4% † 1,748 (±1.5% / ±398)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 810,702 (±0.2% / ±12,590)

21.6 minutes ±3.8 (64,405  ±12,598) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wells County: 23.9 321,585 (±2 / ±28,545)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24 70,930,790 (±0.1 / ±439,123)

Families

2,421 ±207 Number of households
  • Wells County: 11,155 ±236
  • Indiana: 2,653,596 ±6,425
2.4 ±0.2 (5,823  ±26) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wells County: 2.5 27,568 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,605,451

1.5% ±3.1% (20  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wells County: 5.9% † 343 (±2.4% / ±139)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,276 (±0.2% / ±2,549)

Housing

2,584 ±206 Number of housing units
  • Wells County: 11,961 ±37
  • Indiana: 2,931,710 ±389

$192,500 ±$22,041 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wells County: $161,300 ±$5,284
  • a little higher than the amount in Indiana: $183,600 ±$746

12.9% ±6% (777  ±359) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wells County: 10.7% † 2,975 (±1.9% / ±,518.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 13.7% 918,524 (±0.2% / ±14,090.3)

Social

91.7% ±7.4% (3,823  ±,340.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wells County: 93.3% 17,724 (±3.9% / ±,744.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90% 4,078,837 (±0.3% / ±15,589.7)
19.4% ±3.9% (809  ±,163.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wells County: 19.1% † 3,631 (±1.9% / ±,364.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 28.2% 1,279,648 (±0.2% / ±9,038.6)

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

1.7% ±1.4% (104  ±82) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wells County: 1.5% 412
  • about one-third of the rate in Indiana: 5.6% 377,934

6.7% ±2.1% (323  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Wells County: 6.7% † 1,432 (±1.2% / ±249)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 6.8% 352,716 (±0.1% / ±4,091)
323 Total veterans ±102 323 Male ±102 N/A Female ±18

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