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Lancaster, TX

40,753 Population
33.1 square miles 1,232.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.5 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$31,055 ±$2,625 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $44,447 ±$239
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$67,584 ±$8,167 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $87,155 ±$524
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

14.4% ±3.5% (5,774  ±1,407) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.6% 813,280 (±0.2% / ±15,012)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

30.6 minutes ±1.7 (502,710  ±45,492) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28 92,664,670 (±0.1 / ±504,659)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

14,648 ±783 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,825,878 ±4,240
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.8 ±0.2 (40,299  ±28) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.7 7,717,080
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

11% ±5% (1,151  ±530) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.5% 108,624 (±0.2% / ±3,136)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

15,362 ±762 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 3,030,663 ±579
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$229,900 ±$11,692 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $330,300 ±$1,213
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

12.9% ±4.3% (5,167  ±1,704.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 14% 1,081,801 (±0.2% / ±16,614.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

87.5% ±5.8% (22,621  ±1,701.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 87.3% 4,466,150 (±0.4% / ±18,768.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
25.7% ±3.4% (6,632  ±920) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 38.5% 1,968,490 (±0.2% / ±12,332.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

7.9% ±2% (3,236  ±794) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 19% 1,484,398
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

7.6% ±2.8% (2,214  ±827) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.6% 324,151 (±0.1% / ±4,900)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
2,214 Total veterans ±827 2,009 Male ±804 205 Female ±145

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