Lancaster vs Platteville

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

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

Platteville has the higher population (11,421 vs 3,916 in Lancaster). Lancaster has the higher median household income ($80,625 vs $42,667 in Platteville). Platteville has the higher median home value ($186,900 vs $173,300 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Lancaster	Platteville
Population	3,916	11,421
Median age	37.8 yrs	23.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,625	$42,667
Median home value	$173,300	$186,900
Median gross rent	$770	$885
Housing units	1,596	4,449
Homeownership rate	68.5%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lancaster	Platteville
Population	3,730 → 3,916 (+5.0%)	12,264 → 11,421 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$54,835 → $80,625 (+47.0%)	$46,690 → $42,667 (-8.6%)
Median home value	$134,900 → $173,300 (+28.5%)	$152,400 → $186,900 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $770 (+22.8%)	$829 → $885 (+6.8%)

Lancaster

Population

3,7303,916

Median household income

$54,835$80,625

Median home value

$134,900$173,300

Median gross rent

$627$770

Platteville

Population

12,26411,421

Median household income

$46,690$42,667

Median home value

$152,400$186,900

Median gross rent

$829$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lancaster	Platteville
Under 5	7.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	15.6%	11.4%
18 to 24	11.7%	42.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	6.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	7.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	7.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	5.2%
75 and over	7.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lancaster	Platteville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lancaster	Platteville
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.7%
High school graduate	33.5%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lancaster	Platteville
Drove alone	80.0%	70.5%
Carpooled	5.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	17.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	4.8%	5.2%
Other means	5.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lancaster	Platteville
1-unit, detached	81.1%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	11.2%
20 or more units	1.5%	23.4%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lancaster	Platteville
Poverty rate	4.3%	25.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1959	1972