City safety & data profile

LancasterOH

Lancaster, OH is a 40K-resident city in Fairfield County with a median household income of $59,133.

Fairfield County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Lancaster, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Lancaster has a population larger than 73% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $193,900, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

40K
Population (place)
Top 27%
By size
$59,133
Median income (place)
$193,900
Median home (place)
12.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Lancaster

Lancaster posts a median household income higher than 21% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Lancaster area.

Bottom 22%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Lancaster

Where Lancaster income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$59,133 Bottom 21% higher than 21% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Lancaster $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in OH

Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in OH

Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Lancaster, OH beyond the headline numbers

Lancaster sits inside Fairfield County, Ohio, at roughly 39.71°N, -82.60°W. Population 39,766, $59,133 median household income. Median home value $193,900, median rent $1,083. Poverty rate 12.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Lancaster, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Lancaster, OH stands at 12.6%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Lancaster costs roughly 3.3 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Remote work covers 9.3% of Lancaster workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 8.2% in Lancaster, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Lancaster from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
39,766
Lancaster · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$59,133
-34% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$193,900
-53% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Fairfield County): Lancaster's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
163K+11%
Median Income
$90,966+55%
Median Home Value
$298,800+83%
Poverty Rate
8%-33%
Unemployment
3.8%-54%

Economics

Economics indicators for Lancaster, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,083/mo
Poverty Rate
12.6%
Unemployment 5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 21.9%
Work From Home 9.3%
Public Transit 0.2%

Population

White 91.7%
African American 1.6%
Asian 0.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
40.3%
High Blood Pressure
38.8%
Obesity
37.5%
Physical Inactivity
28.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.6%
Current Smoking
18%
Binge Drinking
15.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.4%
Diabetes
13.8%
Current Asthma
11.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 59.4%
Annual Checkup 79.3%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
8.2%
Stroke
4%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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1
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0
Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
FAIRFIELD MEDICAL CENTER
LANCASTER · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Lancaster?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Lancaster right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OH-LANCASTER-OH · Lancaster

Lancaster: 8 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 8 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Central

Tagged alert mix: Lancaster

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 8 tagged notices on record for Lancaster.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Central, LA (8 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Lancaster; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (8 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Central, LA 8 alerts Dallas, TX 7 alerts Leicester, MA 7 alerts Albuquerque, NM 10 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Lancaster, OH? ▼
Lancaster, OH has a population of 39,766 people, located in Fairfield County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Lancaster? ▼
The median household income in Lancaster, OH is $59,133 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 12.6%.
What is the median home value in Lancaster? ▼
The median home value in Lancaster, OH is $193,900. Median rent is $1,083/month.
What are the top health concerns in Lancaster? ▼
The top health indicators in Lancaster include Short Sleep Duration (40.3%), High Blood Pressure (38.8%), Obesity (37.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Lancaster? ▼
Lancaster has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Lancaster? ▼
The median age in Lancaster, OH is 37.4 years. 21.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Lancaster, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (12.6% here).

Reno, NV 12.6% Huntsville, AL 12.6% Alhambra, CA 12.6% Rock Hill, SC 12.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($59,133 here).

Belton, TX $59,130 New London, CT $59,098 Claremont, NH $59,096 El Dorado, KS $59,180

Compare Lancaster with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Pickerington, OH 20K Pataskala, OH 15K Reynoldsburg, OH 37K Heath, OH 10K Circleville, OH 14K Whitehall, OH 19K Newark, OH 48K Gahanna, OH 35K
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Using Lancaster's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Lancaster area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Lancaster against Ohio peers on any ranking lens. Explore Ohio

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Fairfield County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.