Downing vs Lancaster

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

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

Lancaster has the higher population (618 vs 366 in Downing). Lancaster has the higher median household income ($47,361 vs $32,292 in Downing). Lancaster has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $47,600 in Downing).

Population, income & housing

	Downing	Lancaster
Population	366	618
Median age	50.2 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,292	$47,361
Median home value	$47,600	$137,500
Median gross rent	$341	$388
Housing units	204	308
Homeownership rate	69.3%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downing	Lancaster
Population	413 → 366 (-11.4%)	810 → 618 (-23.7%)
Median household income	$30,375 → $32,292 (+6.3%)	$33,750 → $47,361 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$37,200 → $47,600 (+28.0%)	$67,000 → $137,500 (+105.2%)
Median gross rent	$317 → $341 (+7.6%)	$453 → $388 (-14.3%)

Downing

Population

413366

Median household income

$30,375$32,292

Median home value

$37,200$47,600

Median gross rent

$317$341

Lancaster

Population

810618

Median household income

$33,750$47,361

Median home value

$67,000$137,500

Median gross rent

$453$388

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downing	Lancaster
Under 5	6.3%	10.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	14.1%
25 to 34	6.3%	18.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	5.2%
45 to 54	15.8%	6.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	19.7%
65 to 74	15.0%	7.9%
75 and over	10.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downing	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downing	Lancaster
No high school diploma	6.5%	2.5%
High school graduate	51.2%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downing	Lancaster
Drove alone	88.1%	92.8%
Carpooled	4.6%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	1.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downing	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	65.7%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Downing	Lancaster
Poverty rate	18.0%	22.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1953	1961