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Lancaster, TX

40,958 Population
33.1 square miles 1,238.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.7 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,707 ±$2,031 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $42,353 ±$234
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $37,514 ±$130
$65,323 ±$6,276 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $83,398 ±$507
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $73,035 ±$227

14.7% ±3% (5,943  ±1,205) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.7% 808,279 (±0.2% / ±14,578)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 13.9% 3,990,326 (±0.1% / ±37,547)

29.7 minutes ±2.5 (501,320  ±52,859) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28 93,357,384 (±0.1 / ±431,791)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,400,930 (±0.1 / ±1,041,657)

Families

14,052 ±726 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,759,356 ±4,489
  • Texas: 10,490,553 ±15,608
2.9 ±0.2 (40,468  ±37) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,584,669
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,634,506

10.6% ±4.8% (1,184  ±539) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.4% 106,051 (±0.2% / ±2,928)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 5.7% 406,661 (±0.1% / ±6,428)

Housing

14,865 ±752 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,963,281 ±365
  • Texas: 11,654,971 ±1,030

$198,000 ±$12,683 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $299,000 ±$1,205
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $238,000 ±$621

17.5% ±5.2% (7,022  ±2,088) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 14.4% 1,093,378 (±0.2% / ±16,132.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.7% 4,235,358 (±0.1% / ±32,193.8)

Social

88.3% ±5.9% (21,874  ±1,662.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 87% 4,350,056 (±0.4% / ±17,689)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 85.2% 16,118,614 (±0.2% / ±40,407)
22.9% ±3.5% (5,686  ±,885.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 37.7% 1,881,733 (±0.2% / ±10,790.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 32.3% 6,101,787 (±0.1% / ±24,416.5)

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

6.1% ±1.7% (2,476  ±691) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 18.8% 1,438,848
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 17.1% 4,987,855

7.4% ±2.8% (2,074  ±800) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.8% 329,200 (±0.1% / ±5,016)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.5% 1,416,973 (±0.1% / ±11,246)
2,074 Total veterans ±800 1,818 Male ±772 256 Female ±163

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