Hazel Green vs Lancaster

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

Hazel Green 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 1,070 in Hazel Green). Lancaster has the higher median household income ($80,625 vs $62,212 in Hazel Green). Lancaster has the higher median home value ($173,300 vs $156,100 in Hazel Green).

Population, income & housing

	Hazel Green	Lancaster
Population	1,070	3,916
Median age	35.1 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,212	$80,625
Median home value	$156,100	$173,300
Median gross rent	$826	$770
Housing units	506	1,596
Homeownership rate	60.5%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazel Green	Lancaster
Population	1,009 → 1,070 (+6.0%)	3,730 → 3,916 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$56,964 → $62,212 (+9.2%)	$54,835 → $80,625 (+47.0%)
Median home value	$132,000 → $156,100 (+18.3%)	$134,900 → $173,300 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $826 (+19.5%)	$627 → $770 (+22.8%)

Hazel Green

Population

1,0091,070

Median household income

$56,964$62,212

Median home value

$132,000$156,100

Median gross rent

$691$826

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)

	Hazel Green	Lancaster
Under 5	9.4%	7.3%
5 to 17	20.7%	15.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	11.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	8.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.5%
75 and over	5.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazel Green	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	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	2.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazel Green	Lancaster
No high school diploma	2.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	38.9%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazel Green	Lancaster
Drove alone	83.6%	80.0%
Carpooled	1.5%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	3.6%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	4.8%
Other means	0.2%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazel Green	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	63.2%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	19.2%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	10.2%
20 or more units	5.9%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Hazel Green	Lancaster
Poverty rate	11.5%	4.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1975	1959