Fairfield Beach vs Lancaster

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

Fairfield Beach and Lancaster are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lancaster has the higher population (40,902 vs 1,159 in Fairfield Beach). Lancaster has the higher median household income ($54,901 vs $41,867 in Fairfield Beach). Fairfield Beach has the higher median home value ($201,900 vs $180,200 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield Beach	Lancaster
Population	1,159	40,902
Median age	52.6 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,867	$54,901
Median home value	$201,900	$180,200
Median gross rent	—	$999
Housing units	760	18,153
Homeownership rate	87.1%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield Beach	Lancaster
Population	1,041 → 1,159 (+11.3%)	40,159 → 40,902 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$51,324 → $41,867 (-18.4%)	$43,720 → $54,901 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$134,100 → $201,900 (+50.6%)	$125,900 → $180,200 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $1,107 (+10.7%)	$797 → $999 (+25.3%)

Fairfield Beach

Population

1,0411,159

Median household income

$51,324$41,867

Median home value

$134,100$201,900

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,107

Lancaster

Population

40,15940,902

Median household income

$43,720$54,901

Median home value

$125,900$180,200

Median gross rent

$797$999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield Beach	Lancaster
Under 5	4.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	11.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	5.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	22.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	16.3%	11.0%
65 to 74	18.0%	9.8%
75 and over	4.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield Beach	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	90.7%
Black or African American	2.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield Beach	Lancaster
No high school diploma	11.4%	7.8%
High school graduate	48.2%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield Beach	Lancaster
Drove alone	75.8%	79.0%
Carpooled	7.5%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	4.9%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.2%	7.7%
Other means	1.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield Beach	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	94.9%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield Beach	Lancaster
Poverty rate	11.4%	14.8%
Average household size	2.04	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1958	1962