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Lancaster, PA

57,683 Population
7.2 square miles 7,981.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.9 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,234 ±$1,942 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $41,319 ±$659
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$63,421 ±$3,661 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $83,703 ±$1,740
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

20.7% ±2.4% (11,137  ±1,317) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 8.7% 47,050 (±0.6% / ±3,054)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

23.4 minutes ±1.1 (604,085  ±36,565) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 24 5,914,540 (±0.4 / ±109,905)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

21,243 ±624 Number of households
  • the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 210,536 ±704
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.1 (53,726  ±87) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 2.6 540,847 (±0 / ±84)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

5.9% ±1.3% (993  ±229) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 6.4% 7,866 (±0.6% / ±699)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

22,285 ±638 Number of housing units
  • the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 217,863 ±184
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$203,700 ±$6,748 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $279,400 ±$2,570
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

19.3% ±2% (11,005  ±1,119.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 10.8% 59,411 (±0.6% / ±3,207.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

82.1% ±3.1% (30,103  ±1,310.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 87.2% 329,018 (±1.2% / ±4,330.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
27.2% ±2% (9,949  ±,749.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 31% 116,943 (±0.7% / ±2,505.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

13.6% ±2.2% (7,838  ±1,264) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 5.6% 31,113
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

3.5% ±0.7% (1,577  ±309) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 5.9% 24,963 (±0.3% / ±1,236)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,577 Total veterans ±309 1,499 Male ±312 78 Female ±40

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