PlainZIP

Lancaster, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lancaster, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 31,847. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet LANCASTER-NY · Lancaster, NY 1 ZIPs · 31,847 pop · #4538/25278 · Erie County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $99,499
  • RANK-TOP #4538/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ East Aurora
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 84% owners
  • POP-SMALL 31,847
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $294,300

Nearest income peer: East Aurora, NY (+ $471 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Lancaster

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Lancaster on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Lancaster, NY sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 18%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
31,847
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$99,499
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $99,499 and home value $294,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 41.3%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (83.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Lancaster as a pure owner town.

Within New York, Fultonham is the closest lower-income city and Verbank the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Lancaster.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 14086, is all of Lancaster

There is no split to weigh here: 14086 holds every one of Lancaster's 31,847 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Lancaster's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 610 establishments, 11,976 employees , annual payroll $598,779k (~19 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 14086 (610 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (102) · also Manufacturing · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Lancaster, NY

These ZIP codes sit in Erie County, which covers 67 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lancaster. See the Erie County roll-up →

Lancaster lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Erie County: Orchard Park, Grand Island and East Amherst earn more and Buffalo, Hamburg and Tonawanda earn less. Buffalo marks the far end of that range at $61,193, 38% below Lancaster.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
14086 31,847 $99,499 610 363
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Lancaster roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Lancaster, .