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Lancaster town, Erie County, NY

44,913 Population
37.7 square miles 1,191 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Erie County: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$47,926 ±$2,319 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Erie County: $39,703 ±$479
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $47,173 ±$209
$85,586 ±$6,884 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Erie County: $68,014 ±$804
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $81,386 ±$350

4.4% ±0.9% (1,946  ±410) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Erie County: 13.8% 127,623 (±0.5% / ±4,376)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,655,662 (±0.1% / ±26,624)

20.6 minutes ±1 (448,165  ±30,701) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Erie County: 21.2 8,704,880 (±0.3 / ±144,541)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 33.2 275,523,680 (±0.1 / ±986,828)

Families

19,660 ±498 Number of households
  • Erie County: 406,547 ±1,489
  • New York: 7,604,523 ±13,178
2.3 ±0.1 (44,267  ±33) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Erie County: 2.3 925,584 (±0 / ±294)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.6 19,400,424

5.5% ±1.9% (497  ±178) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Erie County: 4.6% 9,977 (±0.4% / ±910)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.8% 228,348 (±0.1% / ±4,362)

Housing

20,370 ±503 Number of housing units
  • Erie County: 438,630 ±220
  • New York: 8,494,452 ±916

$227,500 ±$7,347 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Erie County: $197,400 ±$1,868
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $384,100 ±$1,487

7.7% ±1.4% (3,425  ±601) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Erie County: 11.1% 104,868 (±0.5% / ±4,333.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 10.2% 2,026,056 (±0.1% / ±17,574.7)

Social

95.2% ±3.6% (31,550  ±1,350.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Erie County: 92.2% 618,937 (±0.8% / ±5,601.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.6% 12,281,021 (±0.2% / ±31,135.3)
35.6% ±2.2% (11,791  ±,776.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Erie County: 36.4% 244,270 (±0.5% / ±3,442.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 38.8% 5,439,415 (±0.2% / ±20,453)

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

3.7% ±1.1% (1,679  ±488) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Erie County: 7.4% 70,049
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,508,936

6.5% ±1.1% (2,390  ±409) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Erie County: 6.3% 47,489 (±0.2% / ±1,542)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4% 634,062 (±0% / ±5,837)
2,390 Total veterans ±409 2,202 Male ±385 188 Female ±98

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