Farmers Branch vs Lancaster

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

Farmers Branch 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 36,254 in Farmers Branch). Farmers Branch has the higher median household income ($87,702 vs $67,584 in Lancaster). Farmers Branch has the higher median home value ($322,000 vs $229,900 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Farmers Branch	Lancaster
Population	36,254	40,753
Median age	33.5 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,702	$67,584
Median home value	$322,000	$229,900
Median gross rent	$1,820	$1,627
Housing units	16,754	15,362
Homeownership rate	46.1%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.2%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmers Branch	Lancaster
Population	39,039 → 36,254 (-7.1%)	39,214 → 40,753 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$74,464 → $87,702 (+17.8%)	$57,259 → $67,584 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$196,300 → $322,000 (+64.0%)	$136,700 → $229,900 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,378 → $1,820 (+32.1%)	$1,074 → $1,627 (+51.5%)

Farmers Branch

Population

39,03936,254

Median household income

$74,464$87,702

Median home value

$196,300$322,000

Median gross rent

$1,378$1,820

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)

	Farmers Branch	Lancaster
Under 5	5.9%	9.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	22.5%	14.0%
35 to 44	15.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	9.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.1%
75 and over	5.4%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmers Branch	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	35.3%	9.6%
Black or African American	8.0%	63.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	11.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	42.6%	23.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmers Branch	Lancaster
No high school diploma	15.0%	12.5%
High school graduate	15.6%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmers Branch	Lancaster
Drove alone	71.7%	76.8%
Carpooled	7.0%	12.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.3%
Walked	1.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.6%	7.9%
Other means	1.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmers Branch	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	45.3%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	6.7%
20 or more units	38.2%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Farmers Branch	Lancaster
Poverty rate	11.0%	14.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1993	1990