Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With a population of 169,185, 52,341 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $490,500, Lancaster real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Lancaster, accounting for 70.23% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Lancaster include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 16.30%), mobile homes or trailers ( 6.86%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 4.52%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Lancaster are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 55.13% owning and 44.87% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Lancaster built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Lancaster built between 2000 and later ( 20.06%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 19.43%).
In the last 10 years, Lancaster has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Lancaster real estate appreciated 165.34% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 10.25%, putting Lancaster in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Lancaster definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Lancaster's appreciation rate, at 7.61%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Lancaster's appreciation rate has been 2.09%, which annualizes to a rate of 8.62%.
Relative to California, our data show that Lancaster's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in California.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Lancaster differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Lancaster - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Lancaster real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$490,500
for California
for nation
52,341
$2,726 / per month