Lancaster vs Rowlett

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

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

Rowlett has the higher population (64,139 vs 40,753 in Lancaster). Rowlett has the higher median household income ($113,600 vs $67,584 in Lancaster). Rowlett has the higher median home value ($342,400 vs $229,900 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Lancaster	Rowlett
Population	40,753	64,139
Median age	34.6 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,584	$113,600
Median home value	$229,900	$342,400
Median gross rent	$1,627	$1,964
Housing units	15,362	22,511
Homeownership rate	65.7%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lancaster	Rowlett
Population	39,214 → 40,753 (+3.9%)	63,793 → 64,139 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$57,259 → $67,584 (+18.0%)	$101,085 → $113,600 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $229,900 (+68.2%)	$228,800 → $342,400 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,074 → $1,627 (+51.5%)	$1,627 → $1,964 (+20.7%)

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

Rowlett

Population

63,79364,139

Median household income

$101,085$113,600

Median home value

$228,800$342,400

Median gross rent

$1,627$1,964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lancaster	Rowlett
Under 5	9.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.6%
75 and over	3.8%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lancaster	Rowlett
White (non-Hispanic)	9.6%	46.7%
Black or African American	63.9%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	23.6%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lancaster	Rowlett
No high school diploma	12.5%	6.4%
High school graduate	28.3%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lancaster	Rowlett
Drove alone	76.8%	75.2%
Carpooled	12.7%	7.2%
Public transit	0.3%	1.4%
Walked	0.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	15.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lancaster	Rowlett
1-unit, detached	75.8%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	2.2%
20 or more units	7.9%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Lancaster	Rowlett
Poverty rate	14.4%	7.2%
Average household size	2.75	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1990	1997