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Lancaster town, Coos County, NH

3,216 Population
50 square miles 64.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.5 ±6.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Coos County: 50.3 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 43.3 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$63,522 ±$27,987 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Coos County: $37,679 ±$3,169
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Hampshire: $52,798 ±$540
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,911 ±$23,307 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Coos County: $57,677 ±$2,622
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Hampshire: $99,031 ±$1,123
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.7% ±6.7% (517  ±209) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Coos County: 13.2% † 3,860 (±1.5% / ±440)
  • more than double the rate in New Hampshire: 7.3% 98,248 (±0.3% / ±3,704)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.9 minutes ±3.9 (29,895  ±7,176) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Coos County: 23.1 285,600 (±1.3 / ±19,923)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Hampshire: 26.7 16,302,015 (±0.2 / ±193,854)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,421 ±124 Number of households
  • Coos County: 14,002 ±321
  • New Hampshire: 555,822 ±2,236
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (3,105  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Coos County: 2.1 29,126 (±0.1 / ±124)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,353,835
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.5% ±2.5% (8  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Coos County: 4.3% † 229 (±1.9% / ±100)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Hampshire: 4.6% 13,865 (±0.3% / ±851)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,557 ±138 Number of housing units
  • Coos County: 20,637 ±72
  • New Hampshire: 648,472 ±247
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$215,700 ±$24,153 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Coos County: $188,900 ±$13,490
  • about half the amount in New Hampshire: $402,500 ±$2,808
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.3% ±3.6% (203  ±114.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Coos County: 10.3% † 3,189 (±1.3% / ±389.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Hampshire: 10.7% 147,877 (±0.4% / ±4,807)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.4% ±10.4% (2,202  ±283.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Coos County: 90.4% 22,035 (±2.9% / ±720.6)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 94.4% 962,216 (±0.7% / ±7,083.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.1% ±6.4% (718  ±159.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Coos County: 20.1% 4,892 (±1.4% / ±346.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Hampshire: 40.7% 414,276 (±0.5% / ±4,552.3)
  • about 80 percent 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

3.8% ±2.5% (122  ±81) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Coos County: 2.8% 875
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Hampshire: 6.1% 85,632
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±2.8% (203  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Coos County: 10.3% † 2,707 (±1.1% / ±288)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 7.6% 86,727 (±0.2% / ±1,890)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
203 Total veterans ±71 192 Male ±69 11 Female ±20

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