Cuba City vs Lancaster

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

Cuba City 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 2,094 in Cuba City). Lancaster has the higher median household income ($80,625 vs $72,434 in Cuba City). Cuba City has the higher median home value ($176,000 vs $173,300 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Cuba City	Lancaster
Population	2,094	3,916
Median age	40.3 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,434	$80,625
Median home value	$176,000	$173,300
Median gross rent	$754	$770
Housing units	847	1,596
Homeownership rate	77.4%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cuba City	Lancaster
Population	2,307 → 2,094 (-9.2%)	3,730 → 3,916 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$54,950 → $72,434 (+31.8%)	$54,835 → $80,625 (+47.0%)
Median home value	$150,300 → $176,000 (+17.1%)	$134,900 → $173,300 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$559 → $754 (+34.9%)	$627 → $770 (+22.8%)

Cuba City

Population

2,3072,094

Median household income

$54,950$72,434

Median home value

$150,300$176,000

Median gross rent

$559$754

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)

	Cuba City	Lancaster
Under 5	3.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	21.7%	15.6%
18 to 24	9.6%	11.7%
25 to 34	9.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.5%
75 and over	10.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cuba City	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cuba City	Lancaster
No high school diploma	5.7%	3.8%
High school graduate	31.9%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cuba City	Lancaster
Drove alone	71.9%	80.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	0.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	4.8%
Other means	1.5%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cuba City	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	82.2%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	10.2%
20 or more units	5.2%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Cuba City	Lancaster
Poverty rate	4.7%	4.3%
Average household size	2.47	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1972	1959