Lancaster is a somewhat small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 10,111 people and six associated neighborhoods, Lancaster is the 187th largest community in New York.

Also of interest is that Lancaster has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

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

The percentage of people in Lancaster who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.99% of adults in Lancaster have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lancaster in 2022 was $40,678, 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 $162,712 for a family of four. However, Lancaster contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Lancaster home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lancaster residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lancaster include German, Polish, Italian, Irish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Lancaster is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Portuguese.