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Lancaster Central School District, NY

45,861 Population
33.6 square miles 1,363 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Erie County: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,498 ±$2,372 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Erie County: $42,777 ±$529
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$89,331 ±$9,821 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Erie County: $72,839 ±$1,077
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.6% ±1.4% (2,524  ±641) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Erie County: 13.9% 128,474 (±0.4% / ±3,952)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.2 minutes ±0.6 (425,835  ±25,186) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Erie County: 21.3 8,392,185 (±0.3 / ±147,348)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

19,937 ±653 Number of households
  • Erie County: 409,665 ±1,635
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (45,300  ±796) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Erie County: 2.3 924,074 (±0 / ±605)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.8% ±2.1% (542  ±196) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Erie County: 4.6% 10,062 (±0.4% / ±843)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

20,904 ±672 Number of housing units
  • Erie County: 441,214 ±295
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$268,000 ±$9,089 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Erie County: $233,800 ±$1,649
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.5% ±1.5% (3,403  ±674.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Erie County: 10.6% 99,544 (±0.4% / ±3,748.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.4% ±3.4% (32,065  ±1,411.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Erie County: 92.5% 623,605 (±0.9% / ±5,903.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
38.8% ±2.2% (13,186  ±809.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Erie County: 38.1% 256,449 (±0.6% / ±3,789.2)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.7% ±1% (1,692  ±456) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Erie County: 7.5% 71,068
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±1.1% (2,389  ±422) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Erie County: 5.7% 43,450 (±0.2% / ±1,596)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,389 Total veterans ±422 2,263 Male ±407 126 Female ±90

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