Lancaster vs Sachse

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

Lancaster and Sachse 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 29,075 in Sachse). Sachse has the higher median household income ($130,839 vs $67,584 in Lancaster). Sachse has the higher median home value ($366,100 vs $229,900 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Lancaster	Sachse
Population	40,753	29,075
Median age	34.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,584	$130,839
Median home value	$229,900	$366,100
Median gross rent	$1,627	$1,807
Housing units	15,362	10,203
Homeownership rate	65.7%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	47.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lancaster	Sachse
Population	39,214 → 40,753 (+3.9%)	25,607 → 29,075 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$57,259 → $67,584 (+18.0%)	$102,175 → $130,839 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $229,900 (+68.2%)	$241,800 → $366,100 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,074 → $1,627 (+51.5%)	$1,486 → $1,807 (+21.6%)

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

Sachse

Population

25,60729,075

Median household income

$102,175$130,839

Median home value

$241,800$366,100

Median gross rent

$1,486$1,807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lancaster	Sachse
Under 5	9.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.2%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	19.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.4%
75 and over	3.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lancaster	Sachse
White (non-Hispanic)	9.6%	48.7%
Black or African American	63.9%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	19.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	23.6%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lancaster	Sachse
No high school diploma	12.5%	5.7%
High school graduate	28.3%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lancaster	Sachse
Drove alone	76.8%	66.5%
Carpooled	12.7%	5.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.6%
Walked	0.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.9%	23.9%
Other means	1.7%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lancaster	Sachse
1-unit, detached	75.8%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	2.6%
20 or more units	7.9%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Lancaster	Sachse
Poverty rate	14.4%	3.4%
Average household size	2.75	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1990	2004