Eggertsville vs Lancaster

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

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

Eggertsville has the higher population (15,416 vs 10,127 in Lancaster). Eggertsville has the higher median household income ($82,359 vs $63,902 in Lancaster). Eggertsville has the higher median home value ($225,400 vs $186,300 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Eggertsville	Lancaster
Population	15,416	10,127
Median age	39.1 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,359	$63,902
Median home value	$225,400	$186,300
Median gross rent	$868	$839
Housing units	7,082	5,328
Homeownership rate	72.7%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.8%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eggertsville	Lancaster
Population	15,721 → 15,416 (-1.9%)	10,144 → 10,127 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$72,652 → $82,359 (+13.4%)	$54,875 → $63,902 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $225,400 (+44.6%)	$123,700 → $186,300 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $868 (-1.9%)	$761 → $839 (+10.2%)

Eggertsville

Population

15,72115,416

Median household income

$72,652$82,359

Median home value

$155,900$225,400

Median gross rent

$885$868

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)

	Eggertsville	Lancaster
Under 5	7.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.6%	11.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	17.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	13.1%
75 and over	7.7%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eggertsville	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	96.7%
Black or African American	15.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	8.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eggertsville	Lancaster
No high school diploma	6.5%	5.6%
High school graduate	18.4%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.4%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eggertsville	Lancaster
Drove alone	79.8%	83.0%
Carpooled	3.9%	7.7%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	6.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eggertsville	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	73.8%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	21.9%	25.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Eggertsville	Lancaster
Poverty rate	10.5%	5.1%
Average household size	2.33	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1952	1952