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Lancaster, TX

41,057 Population
33.1 square miles 1,241.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35 ±0.1

Economics

$25,538 ±$1,733 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $38,609 ±$203
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $34,255 ±$134
$59,952 ±$4,556 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $76,916 ±$464
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $67,321 ±$214

14.7% ±3.5% (5,966  ±1,412) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.9% 812,025 (±0.2% / ±14,322)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 3,965,117 (±0.1% / ±39,408)

30.6 minutes ±1.5 (530,735  ±42,041) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28.2 94,216,656 (±0.1 / ±572,387)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,335,260 (±0.1 / ±1,164,079)

Families

13,998 ±746 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,693,107 ±4,793
  • Texas: 10,239,341 ±15,384
2.9 ±0.2 (40,662  ±143) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,465,338 (±0 / ±3,148)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,293,548

9.8% ±4.5% (1,095  ±503) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.5% 105,554 (±0.2% / ±2,927)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.7% 401,736 (±0.1% / ±6,321)

Housing

14,669 ±703 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,899,352 ±1,213
  • Texas: 11,433,880 ±1,306

$161,600 ±$5,062 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $255,600 ±$1,033
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $202,600 ±$599

17% ±4.9% (6,835  ±1,989) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 14.7% 1,095,117 (±0.2% / ±16,351.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.9% 4,237,650 (±0.1% / ±32,280)

Social

86% ±5.6% (21,655  ±1,684) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 86.6% 4,243,892 (±0.4% / ±18,483)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 84.8% 15,793,288 (±0.2% / ±39,237.5)
22.5% ±3.4% (5,665  ±882.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 36.8% 1,802,987 (±0.2% / ±11,758.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 31.5% 5,871,195 (±0.1% / ±25,404.1)

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

6% ±1.6% (2,446  ±670) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 18.7% 1,408,836 (±0.2% / ±11,441)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 17% 4,904,169 (±0.1% / ±24,977)

9.6% ±2.9% (2,709  ±834) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 6% 332,416 (±0.1% / ±4,909)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 6.7% 1,426,641 (±0.1% / ±10,418)
2,709 Total veterans ±834 2,359 Male ±793 350 Female ±213

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