Duncanville vs Lancaster

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

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

Lancaster has the higher population (40,753 vs 39,879 in Duncanville). Duncanville has the higher median household income ($71,381 vs $67,584 in Lancaster). Duncanville has the higher median home value ($239,200 vs $229,900 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Duncanville	Lancaster
Population	39,879	40,753
Median age	37.2 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,381	$67,584
Median home value	$239,200	$229,900
Median gross rent	$1,562	$1,627
Housing units	14,272	15,362
Homeownership rate	65.3%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duncanville	Lancaster
Population	39,415 → 39,879 (+1.2%)	39,214 → 40,753 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$56,412 → $71,381 (+26.5%)	$57,259 → $67,584 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$149,600 → $239,200 (+59.9%)	$136,700 → $229,900 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,140 → $1,562 (+37.0%)	$1,074 → $1,627 (+51.5%)

Duncanville

Population

39,41539,879

Median household income

$56,412$71,381

Median home value

$149,600$239,200

Median gross rent

$1,140$1,562

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)

	Duncanville	Lancaster
Under 5	5.1%	9.0%
5 to 17	21.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.7%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.1%
75 and over	6.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duncanville	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	22.7%	9.6%
Black or African American	30.4%	63.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	43.1%	23.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duncanville	Lancaster
No high school diploma	18.2%	12.5%
High school graduate	28.6%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duncanville	Lancaster
Drove alone	75.6%	76.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	12.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.2%	7.9%
Other means	1.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duncanville	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	72.5%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	2.5%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Duncanville	Lancaster
Poverty rate	9.9%	14.4%
Average household size	2.96	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1978	1990