Kenmore vs Lancaster

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

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

Kenmore has the higher population (15,097 vs 10,127 in Lancaster). Kenmore has the higher median household income ($75,768 vs $63,902 in Lancaster). Kenmore has the higher median home value ($192,600 vs $186,300 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Kenmore	Lancaster
Population	15,097	10,127
Median age	38.5 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,768	$63,902
Median home value	$192,600	$186,300
Median gross rent	$1,035	$839
Housing units	7,339	5,328
Homeownership rate	68.1%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenmore	Lancaster
Population	15,132 → 15,097 (-0.2%)	10,144 → 10,127 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$68,110 → $75,768 (+11.2%)	$54,875 → $63,902 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$133,600 → $192,600 (+44.2%)	$123,700 → $186,300 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $1,035 (+32.2%)	$761 → $839 (+10.2%)

Kenmore

Population

15,13215,097

Median household income

$68,110$75,768

Median home value

$133,600$192,600

Median gross rent

$783$1,035

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)

	Kenmore	Lancaster
Under 5	5.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	11.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	15.4%	13.8%
35 to 44	15.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	17.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	13.1%
75 and over	4.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenmore	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	96.7%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	1.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenmore	Lancaster
No high school diploma	3.5%	5.6%
High school graduate	21.7%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenmore	Lancaster
Drove alone	73.6%	83.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.7%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	6.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenmore	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	64.4%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	26.0%	25.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	4.1%
20 or more units	5.8%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Kenmore	Lancaster
Poverty rate	9.7%	5.1%
Average household size	2.11	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1938	1952