Demographics of Lancaster city, Pennsylvania

Lancaster city, Pennsylvania had 58,366 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +491 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Lancaster city, in four figures

58,366
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 57,719 ±84.; +0.8%
Change since July 2020: +491 people.; 32.2 ±0.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $63,690 ±$3,939
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Lancaster city, Pennsylvania's population grew 0.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Lancaster city, Pennsylvania's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Lancaster city, Pennsylvania's population grew 0.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Lancaster city, Pennsylvania's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	57,875	100.0	100.0
2021	57,588	99.5	100.2
2022	57,235	98.9	100.7
2023	57,172	98.8	101.6
2024	58,151	100.5	102.5
2025	58,366	100.8	103.1

Population of Lancaster city, Pennsylvania on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	57,875	—
2021	57,588	−287
2022	57,235	−353
2023	57,172	−63
2024	58,151	+979
2025	58,366	+215

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 32.2 ±0.8: for men 31.8 ±0.7 and for women 32.8 ±1.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Lancaster city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Under 5	3,505 ±429	6.1% ±0.7	5.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	8,496 ±756	14.7% ±1.3	15.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	8,767 ±709	15.2% ±1.2	9.0% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	19,347 ±1,038	33.5% ±1.8	25.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	11,585 ±823	20.1% ±1.4	25.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	6,019 ±529	10.4% ±0.9	19.5% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $63,690 ±$3,939, and income per person $31,159 ±$1,915, in 2024 dollars. The median is $77,971 ±$342 in Pennsylvania and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Lancaster city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Under $25,000	4,443 ±553	20.2% ±2.5	15.1% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	4,372 ±551	19.9% ±2.4	17.4% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	4,171 ±468	19.0% ±2.1	15.9% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	2,855 ±287	13.0% ±1.3	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	3,832 ±591	17.4% ±2.6	17.7% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,226 ±256	5.6% ±1.2	9.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,072 ±181	4.9% ±0.8	11.8% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Lancaster city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Pennsylvania	United States
All ages	10,909 ±1,356	20.3% ±2.5	11.7% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	3,301 ±544	27.8% ±4.0	15.6% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	5,506 ±726	16.7% ±2.1	11.0% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	2,102 ±600	23.9% ±6.4	10.1% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Lancaster city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Lancaster city	Pennsylvania	United States
Housing units	23,049 ±623	5,806,452 ±672	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	95.3% ±0.8	90.8% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	4.7% ±1.1	9.2% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	48.6% ±2.3	69.3% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	51.4% ±3.1	30.7% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$219,500 ±$7,163	$254,500 ±$767	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,240 ±$45	$1,209 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	At the edge of the top or bottom interval	1965 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Lancaster city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Hispanic or Latino	23,424 ±1,522	40.6% ±2.6	8.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	22,886 ±1,246	39.7% ±2.2	73.0% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	6,922 ±1,131	12.0% ±2.0	10.3% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	1,697 ±450	2.9% ±0.8	3.8% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 30	< 0.1% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 47	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	148 to 704	0.3% to 1.2%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	2,326 ±634	4.0% ±1.1	3.6% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Lancaster city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Born in the state	32,787 ±1,383	56.8% ±2.4	70.6% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	11,100 ±941	19.2% ±1.6	19.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	6,096 ±914	10.6% ±1.6	1.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	7,736 ±1,075	13.4% ±1.9	7.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	4,091 ±785	7.1% ±1.4	4.3% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	3,645 ±751	6.3% ±1.3	3.4% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Lancaster city among the places of Pennsylvania

7th of 273 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Pennsylvania page.

Places of Pennsylvania near Lancaster city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Allentown city	125,976 ±76
Reading city	95,242 ±88
Erie city	93,850 ±65
Bethlehem city	77,956 ±72
Scranton city	76,033 ±54
Lancaster city	57,719 ±84
Levittown CDP	50,926 ±1,798
Harrisburg city	50,287 ±51
York city	44,938 ±66
Wilkes-Barre city	44,423 ±69
Altoona city	43,196 ±48

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Lancaster city, Pennsylvania

Rankings this appears in

No. 5 Places in Pennsylvania by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 11 Places in Pennsylvania by poverty rate
No. 15 Places in Pennsylvania by foreign-born share
No. 63 Places in Pennsylvania by median rent
No. 106 Places in Pennsylvania by median home value
No. 113 Places in Pennsylvania by median household income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026