Lancaster is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 56,347 people and 32 constituent neighborhoods, Lancaster is the eighth largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Lancaster was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lancaster is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lancaster is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lancaster who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.91%), sales jobs (9.72%), and food service (7.67%).

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Lancaster use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Lancaster's citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

Lancaster Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Lancaster is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 14.96%: 13.96% of adults 25 and older in Lancaster have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lancaster in 2000 was $13,955, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $55,820 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 White, followed by African-American. Lancaster also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.57% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Lancaster include German, Irish, Italian, and English.

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