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Census Tract 8, Lancaster, PA

4,133 Population
0.4 square miles 11,519.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Lancaster: 32.2 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Lancaster County: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$14,934 ±$2,838 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Lancaster: $31,159 ±$1,915
  • about one-third of the amount in Lancaster County: $43,128 ±$611
  • about one-third of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$38,768 ±$9,731 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lancaster: $63,690 ±$3,939
  • about half the amount in Lancaster County: $86,959 ±$1,323
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

40.7% ±22.4% (1,445  ±847) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Lancaster: 20.3% † 10,909 (±2.5% / ±1,356)
  • more than double the rate in Lancaster County: 8.2% 44,440 (±0.5% / ±2,685)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

23.7 minutes ±4.3 (28,740  ±9,042) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lancaster: 23.6 614,635 (±1.3 / ±44,489)
  • 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)

Families

1,243 ±244 Number of households
  • Lancaster: 21,971 ±625
  • Lancaster County: 212,748 ±813
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.9 ±0.1 (3,550  ±714) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lancaster: 2.4 53,507 (±0.1 / ±106)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lancaster County: 2.6 542,429 (±0 / ±106)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

0.8% ±3.1% (7  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Lancaster: 5.7% † 947 (±1.2% / ±204)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Lancaster County: 6.4% 7,863 (±0.4% / ±518)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

1,320 ±233 Number of housing units
  • Lancaster: 23,049 ±623
  • Lancaster County: 219,224 ±92
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$131,800 ±$31,873 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lancaster: $219,500 ±$7,163
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Lancaster County: $301,100 ±$4,176
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

13.6% ±5.4% (562  ±241.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lancaster: 18.7% † 10,657 (±1.9% / ±1,097.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lancaster County: 10.3% 57,007 (±0.5% / ±2,995.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

53.3% ±18.8% (1,317  ±311.1) High school grad or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lancaster: 84.3% 31,162 (±3.1% / ±1,345.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lancaster County: 87.5% 332,692 (±1.1% / ±4,055.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
7.7% ±4.2% (191  ±114.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lancaster: 29.4% 10,857 (±1.9% / ±747.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lancaster County: 32.4% 123,275 (±0.6% / ±2,431.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

22.5% ±13.2% (928  ±567) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lancaster: 13.4% † 7,736 (±1.9% / ±1,075)
  • more than double the rate in Lancaster County: 5.8% 32,433
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

3.4% ±2.2% (114  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Lancaster: 3.7% † 1,669 (±0.7% / ±297)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lancaster County: 5.7% 24,325 (±0.2% / ±1,047)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
114 Total veterans ±77 108 Male ±69 6 Female ±18

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