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Lancaster, PA Metro Area

563,293 Population
943.9 square miles 596.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,439 ±$1,710 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$85,802 ±$2,767 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.3% ±1% (39,876  ±5,510) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.6 minutes ±1 (6,240,780  ±286,424) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

217,820 ±1,209 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (546,499  ±100) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.7% ±1.1% (5,901  ±1,402) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

222,035 ±68 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$332,600 ±$6,987 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.4% ±1.2% (58,036  ±6,411.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.2% ±2.2% (339,603  ±8,554.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
35% ±1.4% (134,807  ±5,357) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

6.5% (36,529  ±4,372) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.6% ±0.6% (24,403  ±2,636) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
24,403 Total veterans ±2,636 22,151 Male ±2,439 2,252 Female ±807

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