Lancaster is a somewhat small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 11,188 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Lancaster is the 186th largest community in New York.

Lancaster is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lancaster is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lancaster who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.05%), sales jobs (9.88%), and management occupations (6.89%).

Because of many things, Lancaster is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Lancaster really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Lancaster perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Being a small village, Lancaster does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Lancaster Information and Demographics

The population of Lancaster overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Lancaster, 17.76% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lancaster in 2000 was $20,308, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $81,232 for a family of four.

The people who call Lancaster home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lancaster is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lancaster include German, Polish, Italian, Irish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Lancaster is English.