Lancaster vs Springdale

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

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

Lancaster has the higher population (8,738 vs 2,422 in Springdale). Lancaster has the higher median household income ($43,234 vs $42,708 in Springdale). Lancaster has the higher median home value ($226,300 vs $89,900 in Springdale).

Population, income & housing

	Lancaster	Springdale
Population	8,738	2,422
Median age	38.2 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,234	$42,708
Median home value	$226,300	$89,900
Median gross rent	$824	$923
Housing units	3,920	1,121
Homeownership rate	44.3%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lancaster	Springdale
Population	9,143 → 8,738 (-4.4%)	2,576 → 2,422 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$30,122 → $43,234 (+43.5%)	$27,383 → $42,708 (+56.0%)
Median home value	$141,600 → $226,300 (+59.8%)	$75,200 → $89,900 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $824 (+18.6%)	$732 → $923 (+26.1%)

Lancaster

Population

9,1438,738

Median household income

$30,122$43,234

Median home value

$141,600$226,300

Median gross rent

$695$824

Springdale

Population

2,5762,422

Median household income

$27,383$42,708

Median home value

$75,200$89,900

Median gross rent

$732$923

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lancaster	Springdale
Under 5	4.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	21.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	13.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	19.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	6.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	5.6%
55 to 64	11.3%	20.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	6.4%
75 and over	8.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lancaster	Springdale
White (non-Hispanic)	35.7%	35.9%
Black or African American	46.1%	53.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lancaster	Springdale
No high school diploma	21.7%	12.3%
High school graduate	31.4%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lancaster	Springdale
Drove alone	79.1%	68.6%
Carpooled	11.1%	19.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	9.8%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lancaster	Springdale
1-unit, detached	66.5%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.4%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Lancaster	Springdale
Poverty rate	27.5%	17.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1973	1972