Lancaster vs Lititz

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

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

Lancaster has the higher population (57,683 vs 9,599 in Lititz). Lititz has the higher median household income ($82,861 vs $63,421 in Lancaster). Lititz has the higher median home value ($264,600 vs $203,700 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Lancaster	Lititz
Population	57,683	9,599
Median age	31.9 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,421	$82,861
Median home value	$203,700	$264,600
Median gross rent	$1,177	$1,207
Housing units	22,285	4,137
Homeownership rate	47.5%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	38.3%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lancaster	Lititz
Population	59,433 → 57,683 (-2.9%)	9,335 → 9,599 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$45,514 → $63,421 (+39.3%)	$64,343 → $82,861 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$114,600 → $203,700 (+77.7%)	$196,000 → $264,600 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$866 → $1,177 (+35.9%)	$1,005 → $1,207 (+20.1%)

Lancaster

Population

59,43357,683

Median household income

$45,514$63,421

Median home value

$114,600$203,700

Median gross rent

$866$1,177

Lititz

Population

9,3359,599

Median household income

$64,343$82,861

Median home value

$196,000$264,600

Median gross rent

$1,005$1,207

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lancaster	Lititz
Under 5	6.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.4%
18 to 24	14.8%	5.9%
25 to 34	18.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	9.3%
65 to 74	6.8%	13.4%
75 and over	3.4%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lancaster	Lititz
White (non-Hispanic)	38.2%	89.8%
Black or African American	12.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	42.8%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lancaster	Lititz
No high school diploma	17.9%	3.9%
High school graduate	33.4%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lancaster	Lititz
Drove alone	62.0%	79.1%
Carpooled	10.7%	2.9%
Public transit	4.4%	2.5%
Walked	10.9%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	7.4%
Other means	1.9%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lancaster	Lititz
1-unit, detached	10.6%	42.9%
1-unit, attached	52.6%	28.0%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	10.1%
20 or more units	8.9%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lancaster	Lititz
Poverty rate	20.7%	2.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1938	1962