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Lancaster, PA

57,719 Population
7.2 square miles 7,986.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$31,159 ±$1,915 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $43,128 ±$611
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$63,690 ±$3,939 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $86,959 ±$1,323
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

20.3% ±2.5% (10,909  ±1,356) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 8.2% 44,440 (±0.5% / ±2,685)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

23.6 minutes ±1.3 (614,635  ±44,489) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 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

21,971 ±625 Number of households
  • the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 212,748 ±813
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.4 ±0.1 (53,507  ±106) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 2.6 542,429 (±0 / ±106)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

5.7% ±1.2% (947  ±204) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 6.4% 7,863 (±0.4% / ±518)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

23,049 ±623 Number of housing units
  • the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 219,224 ±92
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$219,500 ±$7,163 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $301,100 ±$4,176
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

18.7% ±1.9% (10,657  ±1,097.4) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 10.3% 57,007 (±0.5% / ±2,995.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

84.3% ±3.1% (31,162  ±1,345.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 87.5% 332,692 (±1.1% / ±4,055.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
29.4% ±1.9% (10,857  ±747.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 32.4% 123,275 (±0.6% / ±2,431.4)
  • about 80 percent 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

13.4% ±1.9% (7,736  ±1,075) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 5.8% 32,433
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

3.7% ±0.7% (1,669  ±297) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 5.7% 24,325 (±0.2% / ±1,047)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
1,669 Total veterans ±297 1,513 Male ±266 156 Female ±99

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