Lancaster is a somewhat small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 8,438 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Lancaster is the 61st largest community in South Carolina.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Lancaster is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.9% of the Lancaster workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Lancaster is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Lancaster who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.52%), sales jobs (10.29%), and teaching (7.83%).

Lancaster is a very car-oriented city. 96.6% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Lancaster is a small city, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Lancaster has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

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

Lancaster Information and Demographics

The citizens of Lancaster are slightly better educated than the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns, with 19.17% of adults in Lancaster having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lancaster in 2000 was $16,828, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $67,312 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Lancaster is English. Some people also speak Spanish.