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Lancaster Apartments for Rent

Total population: 145,469 (Urban population: 144,492, Rural population: 977 (67 farm, 910 nonfarm))

Lancaster, California Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 41,682 (38,209 occupied: 23,394 owner occupied, 14,815 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	39%
State:	43%

Housing density: 443 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $488,768.

Median contract rent in 2007: $967 (lower quartile is $747, upper quartile is $1,366)

Housing units in Lancaster with a mortgage: 17,221 (2,955 second mortgage, 884 home equity loan, 30 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,861

Lancaster,CA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $329,500 (it was $97,800 in 2000)

Lancaster:	$329,500
California:	$532,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $250,100 - $396,100

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $358,485
Here: $358,485
State: $619,135

Townhouses or other attached units: $376,304
Here: $376,304
State: $541,123

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $312,500
Here: $312,500
State: $512,546

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $210,561
Here: $210,561
State: $482,470

Mobile homes: $17,943
Here: $17,943
State: $59,450

Median year house/condo built: 1982

Median year apartment built: 1983

Household type by relationship

Households: 111,716

In family households: 99,123 (19,592 male householders, 8,362 female householders)
19,412 spouses, 41,171 children (37,580 natural, 884 adopted, 2,707 stepchildren), 2,474 grandchildren, 1,222 brothers or sisters, 1,010 parents, 2,319 other relatives, 3,561 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 12,593 (4,968 male householders (3,881 living alone)), 5,235 female householders (4,451 living alone)), 2,390 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 7,067 (6,447 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 8,803 2-persons, 6,294 3-persons, 6,216 4-persons, 3,622 5-persons, 1,801 6-persons, 1,218 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 8,332 1-person, 1,491 2-persons, 301 3-persons, 47 4-persons, 32 5-persons.

22,065 married couples with children.
11,338 single-parent households (2,506 men, 8,832 women).

78.3% of residents of Lancaster speak English at home.
16.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (63% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 15,476 (13.0%)
(44.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.0
State:	5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	3.5

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lancaster, California:
	1 room: 70 2 rooms: 374 3 rooms: 1,679 4 rooms: 1,569 5 rooms: 4,993 6 rooms: 5,882 7 rooms: 4,823 8 rooms: 2,520 9 or more rooms: 1,484

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lancaster, California:
	1 room: 505 2 rooms: 1,986 3 rooms: 2,524 4 rooms: 3,826 5 rooms: 3,054 6 rooms: 1,756 7 rooms: 720 8 rooms: 326 9 or more rooms: 118

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 582
1995 to 1998: 2,137
1990 to 1994: 6,314
1980 to 1989: 14,800
1970 to 1979: 6,102
1960 to 1969: 3,550
1950 to 1959: 6,787
1940 to 1949: 831
1939 or earlier: 579

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lancaster:
	no bedroom: 391 1 bedroom: 1,129 2 bedrooms: 3,117 3 bedrooms: 10,808 4 bedrooms: 7,081 5 or more bedrooms: 868

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lancaster:
	no bedroom: 755 1 bedroom: 3,627 2 bedrooms: 5,848 3 bedrooms: 3,267 4 bedrooms: 1,264 5 or more bedrooms: 54

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Lancaster in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 899 1 vehicle: 6,290 2 vehicles: 10,745 3 vehicles: 4,088 4 vehicles: 1,100 5 or more vehicles: 272

Cars and other vehicles available in Lancaster in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2,666 1 vehicle: 7,329 2 vehicles: 4,010 3 vehicles: 627 4 vehicles: 125 5 or more vehicles: 58

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Lancaster, CA:

Less than $10,000: 363
$10,000 to $14,999: 182
$15,000 to $19,999: 182
$20,000 to $24,999: 182
$25,000 to $29,999: 182
$30,000 to $34,999: 173
$35,000 to $39,999: 148
$40,000 to $49,999: 296
$50,000 to $59,999: 200
$60,000 to $69,999: 182
$70,000 to $79,999: 147
$80,000 to $89,999: 130
$90,000 to $99,999: 117
$100,000 to $124,999: 245
$125,000 to $149,999: 279
$150,000 to $174,999: 389
$175,000 to $199,999: 636
$200,000 to $249,999: 2978
$250,000 to $299,999: 4653
$300,000 to $399,999: 7245
$400,000 to $499,999: 4759
$500,000 to $749,999: 3759
$750,000 to $999,999: 922
$1,000,000 or more: 444

Lancaster rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Lancaster:

Less than $100: 153 people
$100 to $149: 76
$150 to $199: 154
$200 to $249: 214
$250 to $299: 200
$300 to $349: 187
$350 to $399: 118
$400 to $449: 124
$450 to $499: 132
$500 to $549: 240
$550 to $599: 288
$600 to $649: 329
$650 to $699: 385
$700 to $749: 542
$750 to $799: 831
$800 to $899: 2,267
$900 to $999: 2,600
$1,000 to $1,249: 4,264
$1,250 to $1,499: 1,853
$1,500 to $1,999: 716
$2,000 or more: 238
No cash rent: 347

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 2,050 1990 to 1994: 2,686 1985 to 1989: 2,773 1980 to 1984: 2,397 1975 to 1979: 1,665 1970 to 1974: 1,431 1970 to 1974: 950 1965 to 1969: 1,524

Lancaster, CA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 89.4%
Number of people working at home: 1,097 (2.6% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1197
5 to 9 minutes: 5670
10 to 14 minutes: 8448
15 to 19 minutes: 6647
20 to 24 minutes: 3282
25 to 29 minutes: 770
30 to 34 minutes: 2044
35 to 39 minutes: 779
40 to 44 minutes: 1265
45 to 59 minutes: 2859
60 to 89 minutes: 4729
90 or more minutes: 3564

Lancaster mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 31,097 (73%)
Carpooled: 8,006 (19%)
Bus or trolley bus: 625 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 18 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 23 (0%)
Railroad: 220 (1%)
Taxi: 31 (0%)
Motorcycle: 154 (0%)
Bicycle: 195 (0%)
Walked: 669 (2%)
Other means: 216 (1%)
Worked at home: 1,097 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 3703
$10,000 to $14,999: 2683
$15,000 to $19,999: 2682
$20,000 to $24,999: 2427
$25,000 to $29,999: 2457
$30,000 to $34,999: 2514
$35,000 to $39,999: 1985
$40,000 to $44,999: 2290
$45,000 to $49,999: 1895
$50,000 to $59,999: 3836
$60,000 to $74,999: 3989
$75,000 to $99,999: 3987
$100,000 to $124,999: 1887
$125,000 to $149,999: 886
$150,000 to $199,999: 491
$200,000 or more: 445

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 49283

German: 10221

Irish: 6752

United States or American: 6178

English: 5991

Italian: 3827

French (except Basque): 1814

Scotch-Irish: 1415

Scottish: 1325

Norwegian: 1192

Polish: 1148

European: 1121

Dutch: 1117

Swedish: 915

Subsaharan African:: 850

Arab:: 741

African: 722

French Canadian: 656

Danish: 507

Russian: 456

Hungarian: 381

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 373

British: 345

Portuguese: 283

Welsh: 279

Greek: 234

Canadian: 234

Arab/Arabic: 231

Syrian: 229

Scandinavian: 209

Jamaican: 176

Czech: 169

Armenian: 143

Belizean: 133

Swiss: 127

Finnish: 115

Austrian: 114

Lebanese: 111

Czechoslovakian: 101

Slovak: 83

Other Arab: 81

Yugoslavian: 73

Ukrainian: 63

Australian: 60

Slavic: 58

Romanian: 54

Nigerian: 47

Israeli: 45

Lithuanian: 44

Other Subsaharan African: 42

Serbian: 42

Egyptian: 41

Eastern European: 36

West Indian: 31

Iranian: 30

Afghan: 30

Acadian/Cajun: 29

Slovene: 28

Turkish: 27

Jordanian: 25

Dutch West Indian: 24

Celtic: 23

Palestinian: 23

Basque: 21

Croatian: 20

Icelander: 19

Pennsylvania German: 17

Ethiopian: 16

Northern European: 16

Latvian: 15

Cape Verdean: 13

Bulgarian: 13

Ghanian: 10

Belgian: 10

Guyanese: 9

Bahamian: 9

German Russian: 7

Carpatho Rusyn: 7

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico (45%)
Philippines (8%)
El Salvador (6%)
Guatemala (4%)
United Kingdom (3%)
Canada (3%)
Germany (2%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 67976
Northeast: 5938
Midwest: 11208
South: 11090
West: 5861

44% of Lancaster residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in California.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 554
Nursery to 4th grade: 186
5th and 6th grade: 656
7th and 8th grade: 637
9th grade: 940
10th grade: 993
11th grade: 1,474
12th grade, no diploma: 2,127
High school graduate (or equivalency): 8,761
Less than 1 year of college: 3,596
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 6,298
Associate degree: 2,748
Bachelor's degree: 3,689
Master's degree: 1,683
Professional school degree: 372
Doctorate degree: 208

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 459
Nursery to 4th grade: 216
5th and 6th grade: 614
7th and 8th grade: 826
9th grade: 724
10th grade: 971
11th grade: 1,568
12th grade, no diploma: 2,072
High school graduate (or equivalency): 9,240
Less than 1 year of college: 3,605
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 6,176
Associate degree: 2,890
Bachelor's degree: 3,399
Master's degree: 1,175
Professional school degree: 370
Doctorate degree: 55

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 8.2%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 9.3%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 23.1%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 21.9%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 7.8%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 19.6%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 3.5%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 11.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 9.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 16.5%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 11.4%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 16.5%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 8.5%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 15.1%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $58,430
Black householders: $30,703
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $66,616
Asian householders: $51,808
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $57,032
Some other race householders: $55,618
Two or more races householders: $53,820
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $47,122

Lancaster household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Lancaster household income for Black householders

Lancaster household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Lancaster household income for Asian householders

Lancaster household income for Some other race householders

Lancaster household income for Two or more races householders

Lancaster household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Lancaster marital status for males

Lancaster marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $353,757
Black or African American householders: $375,993
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $327,815
Asian householders: $391,828
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $560,284
Some other race householders: $305,916
Two or more races householders: $330,847
Hispanic or Latino householders: $312,991

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 26,981
One, attached: 1,198
Two: 619
3 or 4: 2,103
5 to 9: 2,242
10 to 19: 1,450
20 to 49: 805
50 or more: 2,795
Mobile homes: 3,376
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 113

Median worth of mobile homes: $48,800

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Lancaster:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (93%) Electricity (5%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (81%) Electricity (17%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,091

Here:	11.3%
California:	9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 980

Here:	10.9%
California:	7.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,012

Here:	15.3%
California:	15.4%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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