Lancaster vs Willow Street

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

Lancaster and Willow Street 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 10,010 in Willow Street). Willow Street has the higher median household income ($106,867 vs $63,421 in Lancaster). Willow Street has the higher median home value ($298,200 vs $203,700 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Lancaster	Willow Street
Population	57,683	10,010
Median age	31.9 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,421	$106,867
Median home value	$203,700	$298,200
Median gross rent	$1,177	$2,453
Housing units	22,285	4,674
Homeownership rate	47.5%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lancaster	Willow Street
Population	59,433 → 57,683 (-2.9%)	8,478 → 10,010 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$45,514 → $63,421 (+39.3%)	$76,007 → $106,867 (+40.6%)
Median home value	$114,600 → $203,700 (+77.7%)	$248,000 → $298,200 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$866 → $1,177 (+35.9%)	$2,083 → $2,453 (+17.8%)

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

Willow Street

Population

8,47810,010

Median household income

$76,007$106,867

Median home value

$248,000$298,200

Median gross rent

$2,083$2,453

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lancaster	Willow Street
Under 5	6.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	12.7%
18 to 24	14.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	18.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	7.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.2%	8.7%
65 to 74	6.8%	13.2%
75 and over	3.4%	25.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lancaster	Willow Street
White (non-Hispanic)	38.2%	82.3%
Black or African American	12.2%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.8%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	3.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	42.8%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lancaster	Willow Street
No high school diploma	17.9%	4.4%
High school graduate	33.4%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lancaster	Willow Street
Drove alone	62.0%	81.7%
Carpooled	10.7%	1.3%
Public transit	4.4%	0.0%
Walked	10.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	12.9%
Other means	1.9%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lancaster	Willow Street
1-unit, detached	10.6%	38.1%
1-unit, attached	52.6%	20.5%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	8.9%	30.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lancaster	Willow Street
Poverty rate	20.7%	3.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1938	1989