Lancaster is a somewhat small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 8,829 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Lancaster is the 56th largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lancaster is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lancaster is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Lancaster who work in food service (13.34%), management occupations (11.08%), and office and administrative support (10.28%). Also of interest is that Lancaster has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Lancaster is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of adults in Lancaster with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.63% of adults in Lancaster have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Lancaster in 2022 was $25,845, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,380 for a family of four. However, Lancaster contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lancaster also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.55% of its population below the federal poverty line.Lancaster is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lancaster home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lancaster residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Lancaster also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.66% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lancaster include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Lancaster is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
