Boscobel vs Lancaster

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

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

Lancaster has the higher population (3,916 vs 3,263 in Boscobel). Lancaster has the higher median household income ($80,625 vs $52,457 in Boscobel). Lancaster has the higher median home value ($173,300 vs $130,700 in Boscobel).

Population, income & housing

	Boscobel	Lancaster
Population	3,263	3,916
Median age	37.8 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,457	$80,625
Median home value	$130,700	$173,300
Median gross rent	$650	$770
Housing units	1,330	1,596
Homeownership rate	55.8%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boscobel	Lancaster
Population	3,134 → 3,263 (+4.1%)	3,730 → 3,916 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$47,353 → $52,457 (+10.8%)	$54,835 → $80,625 (+47.0%)
Median home value	$100,700 → $130,700 (+29.8%)	$134,900 → $173,300 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $650 (+14.0%)	$627 → $770 (+22.8%)

Boscobel

Population

3,1343,263

Median household income

$47,353$52,457

Median home value

$100,700$130,700

Median gross rent

$570$650

Lancaster

Population

3,7303,916

Median household income

$54,835$80,625

Median home value

$134,900$173,300

Median gross rent

$627$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boscobel	Lancaster
Under 5	7.1%	7.3%
5 to 17	11.1%	15.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	11.7%
25 to 34	18.8%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.5%
75 and over	5.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boscobel	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	95.6%
Black or African American	8.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boscobel	Lancaster
No high school diploma	11.4%	3.8%
High school graduate	40.4%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boscobel	Lancaster
Drove alone	79.3%	80.0%
Carpooled	9.8%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	4.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	4.8%
Other means	0.6%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boscobel	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	65.8%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	10.2%
20 or more units	7.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Boscobel	Lancaster
Poverty rate	19.2%	4.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1967	1959