Lancaster vs Los Angeles

A side-by-side comparison of Lancaster and Los Angeles: population, income, housing, and more.

Lancaster and Los Angeles are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Los Angeles has the higher population (3,857,897 vs 170,013 in Lancaster). Los Angeles has the higher median household income ($80,366 vs $76,083 in Lancaster). Los Angeles has the higher median home value ($879,500 vs $409,100 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Lancaster	Los Angeles
Population	170,013	3,857,897
Median age	34.2 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,083	$80,366
Median home value	$409,100	$879,500
Median gross rent	$1,696	$1,879
Housing units	55,045	1,537,034
Homeownership rate	58.4%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lancaster	Los Angeles
Population	159,028 → 170,013 (+6.9%)	3,966,936 → 3,857,897 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$55,237 → $76,083 (+37.7%)	$62,142 → $80,366 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$261,400 → $409,100 (+56.5%)	$636,900 → $879,500 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,215 → $1,696 (+39.6%)	$1,450 → $1,879 (+29.6%)

Lancaster

Population

159,028170,013

Median household income

$55,237$76,083

Median home value

$261,400$409,100

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,696

Los Angeles

Population

3,966,9363,857,897

Median household income

$62,142$80,366

Median home value

$636,900$879,500

Median gross rent

$1,450$1,879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lancaster	Los Angeles
Under 5	5.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.3%	14.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	17.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.1%
75 and over	4.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lancaster	Los Angeles
White (non-Hispanic)	24.4%	28.3%
Black or African American	21.0%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	3.9%	11.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	45.9%	47.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lancaster	Los Angeles
No high school diploma	18.0%	20.7%
High school graduate	29.6%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lancaster	Los Angeles
Drove alone	74.8%	61.4%
Carpooled	11.3%	8.8%
Public transit	1.3%	6.7%
Walked	1.2%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.4%	17.3%
Other means	1.4%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lancaster	Los Angeles
1-unit, detached	70.3%	36.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	18.6%
20 or more units	8.0%	29.6%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Lancaster	Los Angeles
Poverty rate	15.5%	16.5%
Average household size	3.15	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1986	1964