East Aurora vs Lancaster

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

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

Lancaster has the higher population (10,127 vs 5,997 in East Aurora). East Aurora has the higher median household income ($101,490 vs $63,902 in Lancaster). East Aurora has the higher median home value ($334,500 vs $186,300 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	East Aurora	Lancaster
Population	5,997	10,127
Median age	50.2 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$101,490	$63,902
Median home value	$334,500	$186,300
Median gross rent	$1,116	$839
Housing units	2,651	5,328
Homeownership rate	70.3%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.7%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Aurora	Lancaster
Population	6,184 → 5,997 (-3.0%)	10,144 → 10,127 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$73,770 → $101,490 (+37.6%)	$54,875 → $63,902 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$221,400 → $334,500 (+51.1%)	$123,700 → $186,300 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $1,116 (+33.3%)	$761 → $839 (+10.2%)

East Aurora

Population

6,1845,997

Median household income

$73,770$101,490

Median home value

$221,400$334,500

Median gross rent

$837$1,116

Lancaster

Population

10,14410,127

Median household income

$54,875$63,902

Median home value

$123,700$186,300

Median gross rent

$761$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Aurora	Lancaster
Under 5	4.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	11.3%
18 to 24	3.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	18.4%	17.2%
65 to 74	16.4%	13.1%
75 and over	9.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Aurora	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Aurora	Lancaster
No high school diploma	3.4%	5.6%
High school graduate	20.9%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	28.0%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Aurora	Lancaster
Drove alone	67.2%	83.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.5%	6.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Aurora	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	61.4%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	25.8%	25.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	East Aurora	Lancaster
Poverty rate	3.1%	5.1%
Average household size	2.31	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1942	1952