Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

• White (non-Hispanic) 441,484 79.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 64,326 11.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 19,142 3.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 13,414 2.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 16,029 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 239 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 46 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 3,251 0.6%

• Under 18 128,950 23.1%
• 18–24 48,939 8.8%
• 25–44 138,773 24.9%
• 45–64 131,835 23.6%
• 65 and over 109,434 19.6%

Median household income

$85,829

90% interval $83,124–$88,534

+$8,297 vs PA · 9th of 67

Below poverty line

7.7%

90% interval 6.5%–8.9%

−3.9 pp vs PA · 64th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.2%

−1.04 pp vs. state

County GDP

$40.0B

3.96% of state

Avg. annual pay

$62,459

Establishments

14,695

• Education & health services 62,127 24.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 58,106 22.9%
• Manufacturing 37,137 14.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 25,556 10.1%
• Professional & business services 23,238 9.1%
• Construction 19,646 7.7%
• Financial activities 8,996 3.5%
• Other services 8,454 3.3%
• Public administration 4,596 1.8%
• Natural resources & mining 3,856 1.5%
• Information 1,978 0.8%

Home ownership

69.8%

+0.5 pp vs PA · 55th of 67

Median gross rent

$1,357

+$148 vs PA · 10th of 67

Owner-occupied

148,550

Renter-occupied

64,198

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $99,025/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,284/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 166,261 57.5%
• Democratic 120,119 41.5%
• Other / third-party 2,877 1.0%

• Spanish 35,586 6.8%
• German or other West Germanic 31,845 6.1%
• Vietnamese 2,144 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,972 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,518 0.3%
• Chinese 1,470 0.3%
• Tagalog 1,014 0.2%
• Arabic 738 0.1%
• Korean 422 0.1%

Households

212,748

Family households

146,761

69.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

45,313

30.9% of families

Single-mother families

8,564

5.8% of families

Veterans

24,325

5.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 145,694 26.3%
• Mainline Protestant 50,236 9.1%
• Catholic 49,653 9.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 11,039 2.0%
• Orthodox 2,145 0.4%
• Black Protestant 2,102 0.4%

Health insured

88.8%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

11.2%

±0.6 pp

4th of 67

With a disability

11.8%

±0.4 pp

63rd of 67

Bachelor's or higher

32.4%

±0.7 pp

−2.8 pp vs PA · 16th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.6%

90% interval 10.8%–12.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

2nd Judicial District Court of Common Pleas

Judges

9 (Court of Common Pleas judges per district (general civil + felony criminal + family + orphans' court jurisdiction); vintage 2026 pacourts.us; cross-checked against 42 Pa. C.S. § 911. Magisterial District Judges (limited jurisdiction: preliminary criminal, landlord-tenant, small civil up to $12K) are separately allocated and not counted here. Philadelphia Municipal Court (limited civil + minor criminal in Philadelphia only) also separate.)

Court seats

Lancaster

Traffic fatalities

52

12.12 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

49