Lancaster vs Williamsville

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

Lancaster and Williamsville 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 5,430 in Williamsville). Williamsville has the higher median household income ($106,250 vs $63,902 in Lancaster). Williamsville has the higher median home value ($242,800 vs $186,300 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Lancaster	Williamsville
Population	10,127	5,430
Median age	47.5 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,902	$106,250
Median home value	$186,300	$242,800
Median gross rent	$839	$1,277
Housing units	5,328	2,805
Homeownership rate	73.5%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lancaster	Williamsville
Population	10,144 → 10,127 (-0.2%)	5,233 → 5,430 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$54,875 → $63,902 (+16.5%)	$71,625 → $106,250 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$123,700 → $186,300 (+50.6%)	$170,800 → $242,800 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $839 (+10.2%)	$986 → $1,277 (+29.5%)

Lancaster

Population

10,14410,127

Median household income

$54,875$63,902

Median home value

$123,700$186,300

Median gross rent

$761$839

Williamsville

Population

5,2335,430

Median household income

$71,625$106,250

Median home value

$170,800$242,800

Median gross rent

$986$1,277

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lancaster	Williamsville
Under 5	5.2%	7.2%
5 to 17	11.3%	9.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	3.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	17.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	13.1%	18.0%
75 and over	9.4%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lancaster	Williamsville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lancaster	Williamsville
No high school diploma	5.6%	1.4%
High school graduate	34.1%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	30.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lancaster	Williamsville
Drove alone	83.0%	70.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	2.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	22.5%
Other means	0.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lancaster	Williamsville
1-unit, detached	61.5%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	25.0%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	6.3%
20 or more units	3.1%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lancaster	Williamsville
Poverty rate	5.1%	5.5%
Average household size	1.98	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1952	1951