Lancaster vs Queen City

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

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

Queen City has the higher population (656 vs 618 in Lancaster). Queen City has the higher median household income ($48,295 vs $47,361 in Lancaster). Lancaster has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $66,200 in Queen City).

Population, income & housing

	Lancaster	Queen City
Population	618	656
Median age	34.3 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,361	$48,295
Median home value	$137,500	$66,200
Median gross rent	$388	$384
Housing units	308	344
Homeownership rate	71.1%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	1.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lancaster	Queen City
Population	810 → 618 (-23.7%)	697 → 656 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $47,361 (+40.3%)	$36,667 → $48,295 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$67,000 → $137,500 (+105.2%)	$49,700 → $66,200 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$453 → $388 (-14.3%)	$367 → $384 (+4.6%)

Lancaster

Population

810618

Median household income

$33,750$47,361

Median home value

$67,000$137,500

Median gross rent

$453$388

Queen City

Population

697656

Median household income

$36,667$48,295

Median home value

$49,700$66,200

Median gross rent

$367$384

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lancaster	Queen City
Under 5	10.5%	13.3%
5 to 17	11.7%	13.4%
18 to 24	14.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	18.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	5.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	6.5%	17.4%
55 to 64	19.7%	7.8%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.4%
75 and over	6.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lancaster	Queen City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lancaster	Queen City
No high school diploma	2.5%	9.1%
High school graduate	43.4%	68.7%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	1.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lancaster	Queen City
Drove alone	92.8%	85.8%
Carpooled	4.3%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lancaster	Queen City
1-unit, detached	77.6%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Lancaster	Queen City
Poverty rate	22.6%	10.4%
Average household size	2.93	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1961	1966