Lancaster vs West Stewartstown

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

Lancaster and West Stewartstown are places in New Hampshire. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lancaster has the higher population (2,264 vs 368 in West Stewartstown). Lancaster has the higher median household income ($92,525 vs $71,583 in West Stewartstown). Since 2019, Lancaster's population has grown faster (+26.0% vs +17.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Lancaster	West Stewartstown
Population	2,264	368
Median age	38.1 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,525	$71,583
Median home value	$182,900	—
Median gross rent	$872	$1,143
Housing units	1,027	154
Homeownership rate	66.3%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lancaster	West Stewartstown
Population	1,797 → 2,264 (+26.0%)	314 → 368 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$56,836 → $92,525 (+62.8%)	$28,583 → $71,583 (+150.4%)
Median home value	$126,900 → $182,900 (+44.1%)	$58,600 → $59,100 (+0.9%)
Median gross rent	$782 → $872 (+11.5%)	$562 → $1,143 (+103.4%)

Lancaster

Population

1,7972,264

Median household income

$56,836$92,525

Median home value

$126,900$182,900

Median gross rent

$782$872

West Stewartstown

Population

314368

Median household income

$28,583$71,583

Median home value

$58,600$59,100

Median gross rent

$562$1,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lancaster	West Stewartstown
Under 5	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	4.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	12.5%
25 to 34	19.7%	1.1%
35 to 44	9.5%	32.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	3.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	15.5%
75 and over	9.4%	20.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lancaster	West Stewartstown
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lancaster	West Stewartstown
No high school diploma	8.5%	26.6%
High school graduate	35.9%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lancaster	West Stewartstown
Drove alone	78.3%	83.5%
Carpooled	1.8%	4.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	12.2%
Other means	5.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lancaster	West Stewartstown
1-unit, detached	60.5%	27.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	7.8%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	57.1%

Poverty & households

	Lancaster	West Stewartstown
Poverty rate	14.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1938	1982