Lackawanna vs Lancaster

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

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

Lackawanna has the higher population (19,779 vs 10,127 in Lancaster). Lancaster has the higher median household income ($63,902 vs $48,185 in Lackawanna). Lancaster has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $126,500 in Lackawanna).

Population, income & housing

	Lackawanna	Lancaster
Population	19,779	10,127
Median age	38.2 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,185	$63,902
Median home value	$126,500	$186,300
Median gross rent	$823	$839
Housing units	9,204	5,328
Homeownership rate	55.1%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lackawanna	Lancaster
Population	17,831 → 19,779 (+10.9%)	10,144 → 10,127 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$38,289 → $48,185 (+25.8%)	$54,875 → $63,902 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$94,700 → $126,500 (+33.6%)	$123,700 → $186,300 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $823 (+25.5%)	$761 → $839 (+10.2%)

Lackawanna

Population

17,83119,779

Median household income

$38,289$48,185

Median home value

$94,700$126,500

Median gross rent

$656$823

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)

	Lackawanna	Lancaster
Under 5	8.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	11.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.3%	17.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.1%
75 and over	6.7%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lackawanna	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	96.7%
Black or African American	14.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lackawanna	Lancaster
No high school diploma	13.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	34.2%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lackawanna	Lancaster
Drove alone	74.3%	83.0%
Carpooled	11.5%	7.7%
Public transit	4.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.6%
Other means	2.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lackawanna	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	45.1%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	33.4%	25.0%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	4.1%
20 or more units	4.2%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Lackawanna	Lancaster
Poverty rate	22.6%	5.1%
Average household size	2.31	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1954	1952