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.

Lancaster is a blue-collar town, with 37.9% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 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 very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Lancaster isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.6% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Lancaster is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

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, 19.17% have at least a bachelor's 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.