Lancaster is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 40,449 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Lancaster is the 85th largest community in Texas.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 sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Lancaster who work in office and administrative support (15.22%), management occupations (10.62%), and teaching (8.89%). One downside of living in Lancaster is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Lancaster, the average commute to work is 30.79 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The citizens of Lancaster are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.94% of adults in Lancaster having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Lancaster in 2022 was $28,707, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,828 for a family of four. However, Lancaster contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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 21.64% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lancaster include German, English, Irish, African, and Nigerian. The most common language spoken in Lancaster is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
