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Lancaster, CA

157,604 Population
94.3 square miles 1,671.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.5 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 37 ±0.1

Economics

$22,586 ±$1,665 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $37,764 ±$290
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $39,393 ±$177
$56,672 ±$6,308 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $77,774 ±$850
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $80,440 ±$313

16.5% ±3.8% (24,722  ±5,709) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 12.4% 1,617,730 (±0.3% / ±36,524)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 11.8% 4,552,837 (±0.2% / ±67,995)

33.1 minutes ±3 (1,800,380  ±199,195) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 31.7 193,815,815 (±0.2 / ±1,325,976)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 30.7 538,138,130 (±0.1 / ±2,278,526)

Families

49,220 ±2,074 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,372,678 ±11,595
  • California: 13,157,873 ±23,844
3.1 ±0.1 (150,435  ±806) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3 12,981,466 (±0 / ±6,315)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 2.9 38,685,702 (±0)

2.9% ±1.7% (1,161  ±680) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.3% 142,363 (±0.2% / ±5,718)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.7% 450,971 (±0.1% / ±10,955)

Housing

52,755 ±2,452 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,697,571 ±2,136
  • California: 14,367,012 ±1,286

$284,100 ±$9,317 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $666,900 ±$2,755
  • about half the amount in California: $568,500 ±$2,502

7.7% ±1.6% (12,051  ±2,422.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 10.4% 1,356,041 (±0.2% / ±31,333)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 12% 4,689,828 (±0.2% / ±63,097.7)

Social

82.6% ±4% (81,706  ±5,026.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 81.4% 7,453,457 (±0.5% / ±42,406.5)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 84% 22,636,359 (±0.3% / ±78,234.5)
18.4% ±2.2% (18,239  ±2,253.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 35.5% 3,252,393 (±0.3% / ±24,107.3)
  • about half the rate in California: 35% 9,428,484 (±0.2% / ±44,753.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

10.2% ±1.6% (16,043  ±2,536) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.9% 4,351,712 (±0.3% / ±35,173)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,564,220 (±0.1% / ±55,357)

5.9% ±1.1% (6,561  ±1,292) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3.3% 341,366 (±0.1% / ±9,090)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 1,471,467 (±0.1% / ±19,838)
6,561 Total veterans ±1,292 6,055 Male ±1,243 506 Female ±513

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