Cedar Hill vs Lancaster

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

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

Cedar Hill has the higher population (48,547 vs 40,753 in Lancaster). Cedar Hill has the higher median household income ($90,608 vs $67,584 in Lancaster). Cedar Hill has the higher median home value ($273,200 vs $229,900 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Hill	Lancaster
Population	48,547	40,753
Median age	35.0 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,608	$67,584
Median home value	$273,200	$229,900
Median gross rent	$1,878	$1,627
Housing units	17,029	15,362
Homeownership rate	69.4%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Hill	Lancaster
Population	48,560 → 48,547 (-0.0%)	39,214 → 40,753 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$72,463 → $90,608 (+25.0%)	$57,259 → $67,584 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$168,800 → $273,200 (+61.8%)	$136,700 → $229,900 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,374 → $1,878 (+36.7%)	$1,074 → $1,627 (+51.5%)

Cedar Hill

Population

48,56048,547

Median household income

$72,463$90,608

Median home value

$168,800$273,200

Median gross rent

$1,374$1,878

Lancaster

Population

39,21440,753

Median household income

$57,259$67,584

Median home value

$136,700$229,900

Median gross rent

$1,074$1,627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Hill	Lancaster
Under 5	5.1%	9.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	19.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	7.1%
75 and over	2.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Hill	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	16.2%	9.6%
Black or African American	49.6%	63.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	27.9%	23.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Hill	Lancaster
No high school diploma	9.6%	12.5%
High school graduate	23.2%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Hill	Lancaster
Drove alone	74.4%	76.8%
Carpooled	8.2%	12.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.1%	7.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Hill	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	81.1%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	6.7%
20 or more units	6.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Hill	Lancaster
Poverty rate	10.1%	14.4%
Average household size	2.94	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1994	1990