Lancaster vs Pickerington

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

Lancaster and Pickerington 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 23,828 in Pickerington). Pickerington has the higher median household income ($116,645 vs $54,901 in Lancaster). Pickerington has the higher median home value ($309,700 vs $180,200 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Lancaster	Pickerington
Population	40,902	23,828
Median age	36.9 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,901	$116,645
Median home value	$180,200	$309,700
Median gross rent	$999	$1,598
Housing units	18,153	8,747
Homeownership rate	56.9%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lancaster	Pickerington
Population	40,159 → 40,902 (+1.9%)	20,631 → 23,828 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$43,720 → $54,901 (+25.6%)	$97,192 → $116,645 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$125,900 → $180,200 (+43.1%)	$218,400 → $309,700 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $999 (+25.3%)	$1,138 → $1,598 (+40.4%)

Lancaster

Population

40,15940,902

Median household income

$43,720$54,901

Median home value

$125,900$180,200

Median gross rent

$797$999

Pickerington

Population

20,63123,828

Median household income

$97,192$116,645

Median home value

$218,400$309,700

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,598

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lancaster	Pickerington
Under 5	6.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	22.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	18.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.0%	8.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.3%
75 and over	8.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lancaster	Pickerington
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	60.9%
Black or African American	1.7%	24.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lancaster	Pickerington
No high school diploma	7.8%	3.4%
High school graduate	41.4%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lancaster	Pickerington
Drove alone	79.0%	76.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	2.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	15.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lancaster	Pickerington
1-unit, detached	68.4%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	10.4%
20 or more units	3.9%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lancaster	Pickerington
Poverty rate	14.8%	2.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1962	2002