Lancaster

Population & Demographics

Lancaster, TX

Lancaster is home to 40,820 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 21,299 resident workers commute each day.

TexasCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
40,820
people
Population

40,820 residents

Median age 35.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Lancaster population & demographics

Who lives in Lancaster — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
40,820
Median age
35.7yrs
Median household income
$68,302
Median home value
$246,300
Median gross rent
$1,704/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
25.3%
Poverty rate
15.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Lancaster

How Lancaster breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Black64.2%
Hispanic or Latino24.4%
White7.9%
Two or more races2.3%
Asian0.9%
Some other race0.3%

Race across Lancaster

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Lancaster.

Lancaster at a glance
Employed Residents
21,299
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
13.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
5.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
8.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Dallas
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Lancaster proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Lancaster commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

47 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Lancaster

21,299 commutes, one dot at a time

Lancaster

Where 21,299 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Lancaster, by worker count.

1Dallas13.4 mi7,548
2Lancaster0.0 mi1,068
3Irving20.6 mi1,059
4Fort Worth34.0 mi888
5Arlington20.7 mi881
6DeSoto4.7 mi638
7Plano30.9 mi600
8Richardson25.2 mi594

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Lancaster.

1Dallas13.4 mi3,074
2Lancaster0.0 mi1,068
3Fort Worth34.0 mi534
4DeSoto4.7 mi510
5Grand Prairie15.5 mi424
6Arlington20.7 mi389
7Mesquite15.8 mi351
8Irving20.6 mi296

Top industries

The sectors that employ Lancaster’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
TRTransportation and Warehousing19.1%
RTRetail Trade12.1%
WSWholesale Trade9.9%
EDEducational Services9.4%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance9.0%
MFManufacturing8.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.7%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.5%
COConstruction6.0%
Connectivity

Internet options for Lancaster

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Lancaster

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).