Lancaster vs Van Wyck

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

Lancaster and Van Wyck 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 970 in Van Wyck). Van Wyck has the higher median home value ($245,400 vs $226,300 in Lancaster). Since 2019, Van Wyck's population has grown faster (+5.4% vs -4.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Lancaster	Van Wyck
Population	8,738	970
Median age	38.2 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,234	—
Median home value	$226,300	$245,400
Median gross rent	$824	$758
Housing units	3,920	449
Homeownership rate	44.3%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lancaster	Van Wyck
Population	9,143 → 8,738 (-4.4%)	920 → 970 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$30,122 → $43,234 (+43.5%)	$67,609 → $40,848 (-39.6%)
Median home value	$141,600 → $226,300 (+59.8%)	$218,700 → $245,400 (+12.2%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $824 (+18.6%)	—

Lancaster

Population

9,1438,738

Median household income

$30,122$43,234

Median home value

$141,600$226,300

Median gross rent

$695$824

Van Wyck

Population

920970

Median household income

$67,609$40,848

Median home value

$218,700$245,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lancaster	Van Wyck
Under 5	4.9%	1.3%
5 to 17	18.5%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	8.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.4%
75 and over	8.0%	26.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lancaster	Van Wyck
White (non-Hispanic)	35.7%	83.0%
Black or African American	46.1%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lancaster	Van Wyck
No high school diploma	21.7%	8.6%
High school graduate	31.4%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lancaster	Van Wyck
Drove alone	79.1%	83.8%
Carpooled	11.1%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	13.4%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lancaster	Van Wyck
1-unit, detached	66.5%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	Lancaster	Van Wyck
Poverty rate	27.5%	5.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1973	2000