Hamburg vs Lancaster

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

Hamburg 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 9,762 in Hamburg). Hamburg has the higher median household income ($109,028 vs $63,902 in Lancaster). Hamburg has the higher median home value ($238,000 vs $186,300 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Hamburg	Lancaster
Population	9,762	10,127
Median age	40.1 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$109,028	$63,902
Median home value	$238,000	$186,300
Median gross rent	$1,019	$839
Housing units	3,953	5,328
Homeownership rate	80.5%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamburg	Lancaster
Population	9,636 → 9,762 (+1.3%)	10,144 → 10,127 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$79,784 → $109,028 (+36.7%)	$54,875 → $63,902 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$170,100 → $238,000 (+39.9%)	$123,700 → $186,300 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,019 (+13.7%)	$761 → $839 (+10.2%)

Hamburg

Population

9,6369,762

Median household income

$79,784$109,028

Median home value

$170,100$238,000

Median gross rent

$896$1,019

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)

	Hamburg	Lancaster
Under 5	4.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	11.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.3%	17.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.1%
75 and over	7.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamburg	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	96.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamburg	Lancaster
No high school diploma	3.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	13.5%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamburg	Lancaster
Drove alone	78.0%	83.0%
Carpooled	4.5%	7.7%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	6.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamburg	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	77.8%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	25.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	4.1%
20 or more units	3.6%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Hamburg	Lancaster
Poverty rate	3.7%	5.1%
Average household size	2.45	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1955	1952