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Lancaster, TX

40,820 Population
33.1 square miles 1,234.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$31,689 ±$2,906 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $45,949 ±$264
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$68,302 ±$8,153 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $90,275 ±$491
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

15% ±3.7% (6,057  ±1,479) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.5% 825,217 (±0.2% / ±14,724)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

28.7 minutes ±1 (466,485  ±41,202) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 27.9 92,503,450 (±0.1 / ±507,287)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

14,748 ±896 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,891,725 ±5,313
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.7 ±0.2 (40,389  ±74) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.7 7,891,743 (±0 / ±970)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

10% ±5.4% (994  ±541) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.4% 110,097 (±0.2% / ±3,289)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

15,458 ±890 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 3,096,731 ±1,158
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$246,300 ±$13,095 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $359,500 ±$1,198
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

11.9% ±4.1% (4,790  ±1,656.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 13.8% 1,085,700 (±0.2% / ±17,142.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

85.9% ±6.4% (22,362  ±1,887.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 87.6% 4,599,783 (±0.4% / ±19,177.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
25.3% ±3.7% (6,588  ±991.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 39.4% 2,067,948 (±0.2% / ±12,244)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)

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

8.1% ±1.9% (3,301  ±790) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 19.4% 1,550,131
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

8.5% ±2.6% (2,470  ±761) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.5% 325,572 (±0.1% / ±4,454)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
2,470 Total veterans ±761 2,169 Male ±749 301 Female ±168

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