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Lancaster, OH (Ohio) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2021: $168,236 (it was $92,200 in 2000)
Lancaster:

$168,236
Ohio:

$180,200
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $116,565 - $238,990

Mean price in 2021:

Detached houses: $175,375
Here:

$175,375
State:

$228,722

Townhouses or other attached units: $135,941
Here:

$135,941
State:

$203,882

In 2-unit structures: $97,765
Here:

$97,765
State:

$143,395

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $196,135
Here:

$196,135
State:

$196,853

Mobile homes: $87,677
Here:

$87,677
State:

$100,200

Total population: 39,595 (Urban population: 34,832 (all inside urban clusters), Rural population: 434 (all nonfarm))

Houses: 18,613 (16,836 occupied: 10,009 owner occupied, 7,047 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

41%
State:

33%

Housing density: 1,030 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2021: $92,712.

Median contract rent in 2021: $696 (lower quartile is $607, upper quartile is $954)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2021: $303


Median gross rent in Lancaster, OH in 2021: $938

Housing units in Lancaster with a mortgage: 6,539 (504 second mortgage, 42 home equity loan, 491 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 229

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $78,022

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $53,036

Median monthly housing costs: $928

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Lancaster, Ohio Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1959

Median year apartment built: 1968

Household type by relationship:

Households: 41,241
  • Male householders: 8,138 (2,363 living alone), Female householders: 8,715 (2,956 living alone)
  • 6,881 spouses (6,805 opposite-sex spouses), 1,464 unmarried partners, (1,412 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 11,345 children (10,394 natural, 131 adopted, 819 stepchildren), 759 grandchildren, 170 brothers or sisters, 384 parents, 11 foster children, 359 other relatives, 1,940 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 1,070

Size of family households: 4,542 2-persons, 3,118 3-persons, 1,540 4-persons, 586 5-persons, 436 6-persons, 249 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 5,271 1-person, 1,240 2-persons, 74 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 129 5-persons.

5,712 married couples with children.
2,089 single-parent households (519 men, 1,570 women).

97.2% of residents of Lancaster speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 11% speak English not well, 20% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 590 (1.4%)
(41.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.2
State:

6.7

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.6
State:

4.4

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lancaster, Ohio
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lancaster, Ohio
  • 7no bedroom
  • 1651 bedroom
  • 2,4592 bedrooms
  • 5,5833 bedrooms
  • 1,5854 bedrooms
  • 2105+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lancaster, Ohio
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lancaster, Ohio
  • 152no bedroom
  • 1,4851 bedroom
  • 3,4152 bedrooms
  • 1,4333 bedrooms
  • 4894 bedrooms
  • 735+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Lancaster in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Lancaster in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 361no vehicle
  • 2,9511 vehicle
  • 4,2082 vehicles
  • 1,4813 vehicles
  • 7924 vehicles
  • 2175+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Lancaster in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Lancaster in renter-occupied apartments
  • 1,008no vehicle
  • 3,2401 vehicle
  • 2,0962 vehicles
  • 5083 vehicles
  • 1714 vehicles
  • 255+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lancaster, Ohio
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lancaster, Ohio
  • 71 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 463 rooms
  • 9744 rooms
  • 2,1065 rooms
  • 2,5976 rooms
  • 1,7967 rooms
  • 1,1978 rooms
  • 1,2889+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lancaster, Ohio
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lancaster, Ohio
  • 1381 room
  • 2022 rooms
  • 1,0843 rooms
  • 2,3864 rooms
  • 1,2285 rooms
  • 1,0526 rooms
  • 3727 rooms
  • 3978 rooms
  • 1909+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2021 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Lancaster, OH
  • Lancaster, OH household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Lancaster, OH in 2021
  • 987Less than $10,000
  • 1,395$10,000 to $19,999
  • 1,935$20,000 to $29,999
  • 1,992$30,000 to $39,999
  • 1,426$40,000 to $49,999
  • 1,347$50,000 to $59,999
  • 1,693$60,000 to $74,999
  • 2,474$75,000 to $99,999
  • 1,649$100,000 to $124,999
  • 725$125,000 to $149,999
  • 720$150,000 to $199,999
  • 324$200,000 or more
  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2021 in Lancaster, OH

  • Distribution of house value in Lancaster, OH in 2021
  • 21Less than $10,000
  • 68$10,000 to $14,999
  • 28$15,000 to $19,999
  • 24$20,000 to $24,999
  • 25$30,000 to $34,999
  • 31$35,000 to $39,999
  • 173$40,000 to $49,999
  • 123$50,000 to $59,999
  • 513$60,000 to $69,999
  • 181$70,000 to $79,999
  • 377$80,000 to $89,999
  • 655$90,000 to $99,999
  • 1,075$100,000 to $124,999
  • 1,008$125,000 to $149,999
  • 870$150,000 to $174,999
  • 755$175,000 to $199,999
  • 1,172$200,000 to $249,999
  • 566$250,000 to $299,999
  • 376$300,000 to $399,999
  • 125$400,000 to $499,999
  • 100$500,000 to $749,999
  • 57$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
  • Rent paid by renters in 2021 in Lancaster, OH

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Lancaster, OH in 2021
  • 99Less than $100
  • 51$100 to $149
  • 87$150 to $199
  • 65$200 to $249
  • 31$250 to $299
  • 147$300 to $349
  • 100$350 to $399
  • 259$400 to $449
  • 380$450 to $499
  • 609$500 to $549
  • 420$550 to $599
  • 830$600 to $649
  • 594$650 to $699
  • 494$700 to $749
  • 1,068$750 to $799
  • 631$800 to $899
  • 311$900 to $999
  • 567$1,000 to $1,249
  • 282$1,250 to $1,499
  • 216$1,500 to $1,999
  • 68$3,500 or more
  • 243No cash rent
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2021

Percentage of workers working in this county: 72.2%
Number of people working at home: 1,682 (9.4% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2021

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 977
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 2,072
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 2,694
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 1,562
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 945
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 639
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 1,278
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 1,100
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 893
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 1,976
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 984
  • 90 or more minutes: 271
Means of transportation to work in 2021 - Lancaster

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 14,423 (74.9%)
  • Carpooled: 1,727 (9.0%)
  • Bus: 8 (0.0%)
  • Taxi: 306 (1.6%)
  • Bicycle: 141 (0.7%)
  • Walked: 469 (2.4%)
  • Worked at home: 1,682 (8.7%)
Class of Workers in 2021
  • Unemployment by race in 2021
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 3.6%Males
  • 6.8%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 8.7%Males
  • Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
  • 27.2%Males
  • Unemployment rate for other race residents
  • 9.9%Males
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 2.8%Males
  • 7.6%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 5.4%Males
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Lancaster, Ohio
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Lancaster, Ohio
  • 732010 or later
  • 1362000 to 2009
  • 1741990 to 1999
  • 701980 to 1989
  • 781970 to 1979
  • 88Before 1970
Ancestries in Lancaster, OH

First ancestries reported:

  • German: 3,866 (22.8%)
  • English: 3,115 (18.3%)
  • American: 2,727 (16.1%)
  • Irish: 1,201 (7.1%)
  • Italian: 964 (5.7%)
  • European: 459 (2.7%)
  • Scottish: 305 (1.8%)
  • Dutch: 246 (1.4%)
  • Norwegian: 193 (1.1%)
  • Polish: 163 (1.0%)
  • French: 127 (0.7%)
  • Eastern European: 122 (0.7%)
  • Welsh: 120 (0.7%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 94 (0.6%)
  • Russian: 89 (0.5%)
  • British: 75 (0.4%)
  • Nigerian: 72 (0.4%)
  • Ukrainian: 60 (0.4%)
  • Hungarian: 41 (0.2%)
  • Swiss: 41 (0.2%)
  • Czechoslovakian: 40 (0.2%)
  • Scandinavian: 39 (0.2%)
  • Czech: 37 (0.2%)
  • French Canadian: 34 (0.2%)
  • Danish: 31 (0.2%)
  • Lebanese: 24 (0.1%)
  • Croatian: 23 (0.1%)
  • Greek: 23 (0.1%)
  • Pennsylvania German: 12 (0.07%)
  • Slavic: 12 (0.07%)
  • Swedish: 12 (0.07%)
  • Romanian: 11 (0.06%)
  • African: 7 (0.04%)
  • Slovak: 6 (0.04%)
  • Alsatian: 6 (0.04%)
  • Finnish: 4 (0.02%)
  • Canadian: 4 (0.02%)

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

India
Lancaster:

14.6% (82)
Ohio:

12.0% (67,340)

Canada
Lancaster:

12.3% (69)
Ohio:

2.7% (15,008)

Germany
Lancaster:

10.4% (58)
Ohio:

2.5% (13,726)

Nigeria
Lancaster:

9.1% (51)
Ohio:

1.3% (7,093)

Argentina
Lancaster:

8.6% (48)
Ohio:

0.3% (1,498)

Peru
Lancaster:

7.5% (42)
Ohio:

0.7% (3,670)

Philippines
Lancaster:

5.2% (29)
Ohio:

3.1% (17,493)

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Lancaster:

4.3% (24)
Ohio:

6.5% (36,486)

Hungary
Lancaster:

2.7% (15)
Ohio:

0.4% (2,280)

Mexico
Lancaster:

2.7% (15)
Ohio:

7.9% (44,157)

Ecuador
Lancaster:

2.5% (14)
Ohio:

0.3% (1,664)

Vietnam
Lancaster:

2.1% (12)
Ohio:

1.9% (10,828)

Korea
Lancaster:

1.6% (9)
Ohio:

2.0% (11,306)

England
Lancaster:

1.6% (9)
Ohio:

1.1% (5,984)

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

  • This state: 34,226
  • Other state: 6,021
  • Northeast: 1,349
  • Midwest: 1,236
  • South: 3,024
  • West: 408

83.7% of Lancaster residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34.3% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 88.3% lived in Ohio.


Lancaster:

83.7%
State average:

86.5%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 13
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 80
  • 5th and 6th grade: 8
  • 7th and 8th grade: 118
  • 9th grade: 148
  • 10th grade: 360
  • 11th grade: 404
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 399
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,090
  • Less than 1 year of college: 859
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,642
  • Associate degree: 1,102
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,705
  • Master's degree: 615
  • Professional school degree: 248
  • Doctorate degree: 121
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 70
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 15
  • 7th and 8th grade: 92
  • 9th grade: 89
  • 10th grade: 349
  • 11th grade: 344
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 78
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,462
  • Less than 1 year of college: 889
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,172
  • Associate degree: 1,375
  • Bachelor's degree: 2,297
  • Master's degree: 911
  • Professional school degree: 69
  • Doctorate degree: 78
Educational Attainment for Females
Lancaster marital status for males
Lancaster marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 12,946
  • One, attached: 658
  • Two: 832
  • 3 or 4: 1,484
  • 5 to 9: 1,203
  • 10 to 19: 509
  • 20 to 49: 492
  • 50 or more: 358
  • Mobile homes: 127

Median worth of mobile homes: $13,442

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2021: 1.6%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2021: 3.5%

House/condo owner moved in on average 10 years ago

Renter moved in on average 3 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Lancaster
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Lancaster, OH
  • 83.2%Utility gas
  • 14.3%Electricity
  • 1.1%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.5%Other fuel
  • 0.5%Wood
  • 0.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Lancaster, OH
  • 50.0%Electricity
  • 47.3%Utility gas
  • 1.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.7%No fuel used
  • 0.5%Other fuel

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 324
Here:

9.1%
Ohio:

16.7%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 180
Here:

9.0%
Ohio:

12.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 225
Here:

23.9%
Ohio:

22.2%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability