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Lancaster, PA

57,970 Population
7.2 square miles 8,021 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 39 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$28,653 ±$1,776 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $39,872 ±$694
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $41,234 ±$183
$61,014 ±$3,788 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $81,458 ±$1,462
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,170 ±$347

18.7% ±2.5% (10,197  ±1,354) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 8.2% 44,195 (±0.5% / ±2,785)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,482,439 (±0.1% / ±18,052)

23 minutes ±0.9 (605,690  ±35,513) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 23.8 5,935,110 (±0.3 / ±107,743)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.7 146,141,410 (±0.1 / ±650,543)

Families

21,234 ±558 Number of households
  • the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 208,988 ±838
  • Pennsylvania: 5,193,727 ±8,465
2.6 ±0.1 (54,270  ±61) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 2.6 540,162 (±0 / ±74)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,572,124

6.3% ±1.4% (1,079  ±239) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 6.3% 7,690 (±0.5% / ±603)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,663 (±0.1% / ±3,328)

Housing

22,414 ±575 Number of housing units
  • the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 216,592 ±110
  • Pennsylvania: 5,753,908 ±890

$179,500 ±$9,152 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $263,600 ±$2,730
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $226,200 ±$546

17.1% ±2.1% (9,742  ±1,187) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 10.7% 58,439 (±0.6% / ±3,298.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.4% 1,468,975 (±0.1% / ±15,527.1)

Social

83.9% ±3.3% (30,657  ±1,380.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 87% 325,978 (±1.1% / ±4,204.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.7% 8,366,889 (±0.2% / ±21,602.8)
27.4% ±2.1% (10,012  ±,809.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 30.5% 114,403 (±0.7% / ±2,545.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 33.8% 3,081,318 (±0.2% / ±13,474.5)

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

12.8% ±2% (7,419  ±1,151) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 5.5% 30,408
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.3% 941,805

3.5% ±0.7% (1,535  ±301) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 6.1% 25,835 (±0.3% / ±1,132)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.6% 680,824 (±0.1% / ±5,453)
1,535 Total veterans ±301 1,406 Male ±271 129 Female ±73

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