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Notable locations in Lancaster: Lancaster County Jail (A), Lancaster County Courthouse (B), Lancaster City Hall (C), Lancaster County Library (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Centers: Lancaster Square Shopping Center (1), Westgate Shopping Center (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Lancaster include: Pleasant Ridge Church (A), Calvary Church (B), Mount Zion Church (C), Christ Church (D), Church of Christ (E), Good Shepherd Church (F), University Baptist Church (G), First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (H), First Baptist Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Clinton Memorial Cemetery (1), West Side Cemetery (2), Old Presbyterian Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Gills Creek (A), Turkey Quarter Creek (B), Hannahs Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Lancaster include: Lancaster County Memorial Stadium (1), Lancaster Downtown Historic District (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Post office: Lancaster Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attractions: Varnadore Lib (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 311 North Main Street), Kilburnie- the Inn at Craig Farm (Historical Places & Services; 1824 Craig Farm Road), Bugsy's (Amusement & Theme Parks; 1618 Memorial Park Road), McDonald Amusement CO Inc (Amusement & Theme Parks; 1965 Great Falls Highway), Time Outs (1649 Memorial Park Road).
Hotels: Lancaster-Days Inn (1100 N Main St), Jameson Inn Lancaster (Sj) (114 Commerce Blvd), Lancaster City - Mayor's Office (137 North White Street), Now Playing Arts And Entertainment Magazine (1249 Old Charlotte Road), Ellen Dean Motor Hotel (137 North White Street), Days Inn (1100 North Main Street), Lancaster Inn (1391 Charlotte Highway), Budget Inn (1096 North Main Street), Jameson Inn (114 Commerce Boulevard).
Courts: Lancaster County - Clerk Of Court (104 North Main), Municipal Court - Court Administrator (Po Box 1149), Lancaster County - Family Court (100 North Catawba Street), Lancaster County - Judge Family Court (211 West Dunlap).
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Lancaster and their reported violations in the past:
LANCASTER CO WATER (Population served: 43200, Purch_surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-01-2002 and JAN-10-2003, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-15-2002), St Public Notif received (JUL-26-2002), St Compliance achieved (JAN-10-2003)
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-1996 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAY-07-1999), St Public Notif received (JUN-21-1999)
LANCASTER CITY OF (Population served: 13050, Purch_surface_water):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JAN-2005, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-23-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (FEB-23-2005), St Public Notif received (MAR-11-2005), St Compliance achieved (APR-25-2006)
Past monitoring violations:
- One minor monitoring violation
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:
| This city: |  23.0% | | Whole state: |  14.1% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:
| This city: | 11.0% | | Whole state: | 6.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Lancaster, SC
People in group quarters in Lancaster
- 51 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 27 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 19 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 16 people in other group homes
Lancaster compared to South Carolina state average:
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
- Renting percentage above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Lancaster (2009 data):
- First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, Inc.: Lancers Center Branch at 1262 Highway 9 By-Pass West, branch established on 1989-12-04; Lancaster Branch at 500 North Main Street, branch established on 1986-12-11. Info updated 2008-12-02: Bank assets: $6,743.5 mil, Deposits: $5,585.9 mil, headquarters in Columbia, SC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 182 total offices, Holding Company: First Citizens Bancorporation, Inc.
- Wachovia Bank, National Association: Lancaster Branch at 705 North Main Street, branch established on 1988-12-12. Info updated 2008-06-19: Bank assets: $635,476.0 mil, Deposits: $424,599.0 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, negative income in the last year, 3343 total offices, Holding Company: Wells Fargo & Company
- Branch Banking and Trust Company: Lancaster Main Branch at 600 North Main Street, branch established on 1925-01-01. Info updated 2008-12-12: Bank assets: $147,483.6 mil, Deposits: $98,507.9 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1514 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Lancaster County South Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (53%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
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Religion statistics for Lancaster
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 57.40%
| Here | | 57.4% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations.
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Association Reformed Presbyterian Church | International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
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| Adherents | 66.7% | 16.6% | 3.7% | 3.1% | 2.2% |
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| Congregations | 48.2% | 15.8% | 7.9% | 4.4% | 3.5% |
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| Name | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Catholic Church | National Association of Free Will Baptists | Baha'i | Other |
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| Adherents | 2.0% | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 2.9% |
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| Congregations | 4.4% | 1.8% | 4.4% | - | 9.6% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
4 | $15,565 | $46,695 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
2 | $11,210 | $67,260 | 8 | $6,384 |
| Judicial and Legal |
4 | $15,298 | $45,894 | 3 | $2,573 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
55 | $168,999 | $36,873 | 12 | $875 |
| Firefighters |
31 | $91,701 | $35,497 | 12 | $875 |
| Streets and Highways |
13 | $33,282 | $30,722 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
11 | $27,639 | $30,152 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
20 | $55,696 | $33,418 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
12 | $28,278 | $28,278 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
24 | $74,729 | $37,365 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
176 | $522,397 | $35,618 | 35 | $10,707 |
Lancaster government finances in 2004:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $1,016,000
All Other: $341,000
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $3,295,000
Police Protection: $2,081,000
General - Other: $1,187,000
Fire Protection: $1,149,000
Central Staff Services: $739,000
Regular Highways: $681,000
Solid Waste Management: $637,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $498,000
Financial Administration: $218,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $207,000
General Public Buildings: $173,000
Parks & Recreation: $90,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $178,000
Housing & Community Development: $106,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $587,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $1,261,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $9,787,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $1,170,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $8,011,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $607,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $509,000
Interest Earnings: $74,000
Property Sale Other: $7,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $717,000
General - Other: $295,000
Police Protection: $145,000
Fire Protection: $109,000
Solid Waste Management: $68,000
Central Staff: $25,000
General Public Building: $6,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $7,341,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $4,884,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $1,209,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $568,000
- Tax - Property: $3,224,000
NEC: $1,372,000
Public Utilities: $603,000
Other Selective Sales: $582,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $6,170,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $0
5.28% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($39,101 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.28% | | South Carolina average: | 8.00% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
4.94% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,250 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.94% | | South Carolina average: | 6.88% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Lancaster:
- WAGL (1560 AM; daytime; 50 kW; LANCASTER, SC; Owner: PALMETTO BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)
- WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WBAJ (890 AM; daytime; 50 kW; BLYTHEWOOD, SC; Owner: FAMILY FIRST)
- WBCU (1460 AM; 50 kW; UNION, SC)
- WNOW (1030 AM; daytime; 9 kW; MINT HILL, NC; Owner: CHARLOTTE METRO RADIO, INC.)
- WLTC (1370 AM; 20 kW; GASTONIA, NC)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WHKY (1290 AM; 50 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
- WBZK (980 AM; 3 kW; YORK, SC; Owner: CAROLINA METRO RADIO, LLC)
- WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WCSZ (1070 AM; 50 kW; SANS SOUCI, SC; Owner: WHYZ RADIO, L.P.)
- WCGC (1270 AM; 10 kW; BELMONT, NC; Owner: WHVN, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Lancaster:
- WRHM (107.1 FM; LANCASTER, SC; Owner: OUR THREE SONS BROADCASTING, LLP)
- WNMX-FM (106.1 FM; WAXHAW, NC; Owner: GHB OF WAXHAW, INC)
- WWMG (96.1 FM; SHELBY, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WRBK (90.3 FM; RICHBURG, SC; Owner: RICHBURG EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS, INC.)
- WNSC-FM (88.9 FM; ROCK HILL, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WKKT (96.9 FM; STATESVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WLNK (107.9 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WSOC-FM (103.7 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
- WSSS (104.7 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
- WRFX-FM (99.7 FM; KANNAPOLIS, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBAV-FM (101.9 FM; GASTONIA, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
- WPEG (97.9 FM; CONCORD, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
- WNKS (95.1 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
- WMHK (89.7 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: COLUMBIA BIBLE COLLEGE B/CING CO.)
- WLYT (102.9 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WWDM (101.3 FM; SUMTER, SC; Owner: URBAN RADIO OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WFAE (90.7 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY RADIO FOUNDATION, INC.)
- WNOK (104.7 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WRCM (91.9 FM; WINGATE, NC; Owner: COLUMBIA BIBLE COLLEGE BROADCASTING CO)
- W219CH (91.7 FM; LOWRYS, SC; Owner: RICHBURG EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Lancaster:
- WNSC-TV (Channel 30; ROCK HILL, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WBTV (Channel 3; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS/WBTV, INC.)
- WOLO-TV (Channel 25; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
- WAFF (Channel 48; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WLTX (Channel 19; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: PACIFIC AND SOUTHERN COMPANY, INC.)
- WSOC-TV (Channel 9; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: WSOC-TV HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WCNC-TV (Channel 36; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: WCNC-TV, INC.)
- WACH (Channel 57; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WJZY (Channel 46; BELMONT, NC; Owner: WJZY-TV, INC.)
- WWWB (Channel 55; ROCK HILL, SC; Owner: WWWB-TV, INC.)
- WGTB-LP (Channel 28; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: VICTORY CHRISTIAN CENTER, INC.)
- WIS (Channel 10; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: LIBCO, INC.)
- WTVI (Channel 42; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
- WCCB (Channel 18; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: NORTH CAROLINA BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
- WUNG-TV (Channel 58; CONCORD, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WBHQ (Channel 63; SUMTER, SC; Owner: COLUMBIA BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WRLK-TV (Channel 35; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- W25BR (Channel 25; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008 (per 100,000 population)
Lancaster, South Carolina:
- Fatal accident count: 50
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 85
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 12
- Fatalities: 61
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 156
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 3
South Carolina average:
- Fatal accident count: 82
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 125
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 26
- Fatalities: 90
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 211
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 11
See more detailed statistics of Lancaster fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 8
Total length: 24 meters (79ft)
Total costs: $1,188,000
Total average daily traffic: 46,938
Total average daily truck traffic: 1,666
Total future (year 2026) average daily traffic: 81,672
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Lancaster)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 28 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 7 (See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Lancaster, SC)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 47 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 9 (See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 3 (See the full list of FCC Registered Paging Towers)
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 5 (See the full list of FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 127 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Lancaster)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 34 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts in Lancaster)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 625
- Hazardous Condition: 91
- Service Call: 3
- Good Intent Call: 42
Incident types - Lancaster
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Lancaster, SC
Lancaster on our top lists:
- #91 on the list of "Top 100 least-safe cities (highest city-data.com crime index)"
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