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Age of Housing Stock

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Age of Housing Stock, 2020-24

What does this measure?

The age of the housing stock that exists, expressed as a percent built in each decade.

Why is this important?

The age of housing stock gives an indication of supply, demand, local construction levels, and the overall quality of housing available.

How does our county compare?

Nine percent of Lancaster County's housing stock has been constructed since the 2010s. This is above the Pennsylvania rate of 6%, and below the national rate of 11%. Lancaster's percentage is lower than Chester (11%) and Cumberland (12%), and above Berks (5%), York (7%) and Dauphin and Lebanon (both 8%).

A fifth (20%) of Lancaster County's housing stock was constructed before the 1940s. This is below the Pennsylvania average of 25%, but above the national average of 12%. Lancaster's share is below Berks (28%) and Lebanon (21%), similar to Dauphin (19%), and above York (18%), Cumberland (15%) and Chester (13%).

Compared to Lancaster County, the City of Lancaster has higher rates of older housing stock. Only 3% of the City's stock has been constructed since the 2010s and 54% was constructed before 1940.

Notes about the data

The multiyear figures are from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. The bureau combined 5 years of responses to the survey to provide estimates for smaller geographic areas and increase the precision of its estimates. However, because the information came from a survey, the samples responding to the survey were not always large enough to produce reliable results, especially in small geographic areas. CGR has noted on data tables the estimates with relatively large margins of error. Estimates with three asterisks have the largest margins, plus or minus 50% or more of the estimate. Two asterisks mean plus or minus 35%-50%, and one asterisk means plus or minus 20%-35%. For all estimates, the confidence level is 90%, meaning there is 90% probability the true value (if the whole population were surveyed) would be within the margin of error (or confidence interval). The survey provides data on characteristics of the population that used to be collected only during the decennial census.

Age of Housing Stock, 2020-24
Before 19401940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010 and After
Pennsylvania25%7%13%10%12%10%9%8%6%
Lancaster County20%4%9%8%12%14%13%11%9%
Lancaster City54%7%*10%6%*8%5%*3%*3%**3%*
Lancaster County School Districts
School District of Lancaster46%7%11%8%9%6%*5%4%*5%*
Cocalico School District15%2%**8%*9%*14%*16%19%10%*6%*
Columbia Borough School District52%8%*9%*9%**7%*9%**4%**1%***1%***
Conestoga Valley School District14%3%*8%*9%*13%17%13%*13%9%*
Donegal School District24%2%***8%*5%**11%*8%*15%16%11%*
Eastern Lancaster County School District18%5%**7%*8%*14%*15%*14%13%*7%*
Elizabethtown Area School District15%3%*12%*5%*13%10%20%12%10%*
Ephrata Area School District16%4%*9%*8%*13%16%11%16%8%*
Hempfield School District8%2%**10%9%13%24%14%11%7%
Lampeter-Strasburg School District11%*2%***7%*7%**8%*21%14%16%13%
Manheim Central School District16%2%***9%*6%**15%12%*8%*17%14%
Manheim Township School District8%*3%**14%12%14%9%16%9%14%
Penn Manor School District13%3%*11%10%*11%14%12%13%14%
Pequea Valley School District21%2%***6%*7%*8%*17%*13%*11%*16%*
Solanco School District17%3%**6%*4%*18%*14%16%14%9%
Warwick School District17%3%**7%*8%*9%17%19%11%*9%*
Lancaster County Boroughs
Adamstown borough21%**3%***4%***6%***3%***2%***17%**32%*11%***
Akron borough14%**9%***12%**13%*23%*11%*8%**6%***4%***
Christiana borough49%*9%***11%***5%***7%***9%***3%***5%***3%***
Columbia borough52%8%*9%*9%**7%*9%**4%**1%***1%***
Denver township19%**4%***8%***10%**18%**18%*13%**9%**0%***
East Petersburg borough10%***3%***28%*21%***17%**18%**2%***0%***1%***
Elizabethtown borough24%*4%**19%**8%**15%*11%*10%*6%***4%**
Ephrata borough24%*4%**14%*7%*12%*18%*10%*6%*5%***
Lititz borough32%4%***12%*10%*11%*10%**8%*6%***7%**
Manheim borough33%*5%***32%*9%***9%***3%***4%***6%***0%***
Marietta borough66%4%***6%**3%***3%***4%***1%***2%***12%**
Millersville borough17%**5%***18%**15%*15%*12%**4%***10%**5%***
Mount Joy borough25%3%***12%*5%**13%*8%**10%**14%*12%*
Mountville borough15%**9%***11%***2%***8%***25%***13%**11%**6%***
New Holland borough23%**8%***12%**6%***13%**15%**12%***8%***2%***
Quarryville borough19%*5%***13%*7%***10%***9%***9%*22%*8%**
Strasburg borough24%**0%***5%***15%***8%***23%**7%***5%***11%***
Terre Hill borough37%**1%***21%***7%***9%***14%***0%***6%***6%***
Lancaster County Townships
Bart township22%**7%***13%***5%***10%**11%*15%***5%***12%**
Brecknock township11%*9%***4%***9%***9%**25%*18%*4%***9%**
Caernarvon township24%*3%***2%***7%***25%**10%**9%**9%***12%***
Clay township8%***1%***5%***7%***15%**19%*17%*16%**12%**
Colerain township11%**2%***5%***6%***14%**15%**11%*17%*19%**
Conestoga township14%**2%***17%**5%***19%**15%**17%***4%***7%***
Conoy township19%**1%***6%***1%***14%**9%***28%*19%**4%***
Drumore township26%*3%***1%***5%***16%**20%*10%**8%***10%**
Earl township13%**4%***8%**9%***9%**10%***21%*19%**6%***
East Cocalico township15%*1%***8%**10%**12%*16%**21%*8%**10%**
East Donegal township8%**0%***5%***4%***14%*7%**28%*24%*10%**
East Drumore township12%***4%***6%***4%***29%**27%*7%***6%***4%***
East Earl township19%*3%***5%***6%***19%***10%*7%**22%**9%**
East Hempfield township7%*2%***9%*10%*14%*23%12%*13%*10%*
East Lampeter township13%*3%**10%*7%**12%*17%*13%**16%*9%**
Eden township11%**1%***4%***4%***19%**18%**19%**14%*10%***
Elizabeth township18%**8%***9%***9%***16%**24%**6%**9%***2%***
Ephrata township9%**2%***2%***8%***9%**13%*9%**35%*13%*
Fulton township26%*3%***4%***5%***14%**10%**13%**20%**4%***
Lancaster township19%7%*13%*13%*11%*10%*10%*8%*10%*
Leacock township22%*3%***10%***9%***9%***9%***8%***9%***21%*
Little Britain township20%**0%***6%***0%***22%***3%***26%**17%**6%***
Manheim township8%*3%**14%12%14%9%16%9%14%
Manor township10%*3%***10%*11%*8%*14%*13%*18%*13%*
Martic township17%*1%***6%***2%***15%**15%*19%*11%**13%**
Mount Joy township7%***3%***7%**5%***12%*13%*20%*17%*15%*
Paradise township22%*1%***9%***12%**5%***12%***8%**8%***24%**
Penn township13%*0%***7%***9%***16%*13%*11%*14%*17%*
Pequea township12%**2%***6%***9%**10%**15%**8%***7%***31%**
Providence township12%**2%***6%***1%***19%*14%**22%*14%**9%***
Rapho township12%*3%***3%**3%***17%*14%*7%*23%*18%*
Sadsbury township13%***2%***7%***7%**12%*19%**16%*14%**11%**
Salisbury township19%*1%***4%***4%**9%*23%*18%*14%*9%**
Strasburg township18%***1%***6%***10%***13%***20%**8%***9%***15%***
Upper Leacock township18%*3%***7%**14%*14%**9%**15%*9%**10%**
Warwick township9%*2%***3%*6%*6%*20%*27%15%*11%*
West Cocalico township12%*2%***8%***9%**17%**20%*21%*9%***4%***
West Donegal township11%**1%***9%**4%**10%*9%*29%*12%*13%*
West Earl township10%**3%***5%***9%**15%*25%*11%*11%*10%**
West Hempfield township9%*1%***7%**6%*13%*29%20%*9%*5%*
West Lampeter township8%**3%***8%*5%**7%*20%*17%20%13%*
Berks County28%5%10%9%12%10%12%10%5%
Chester County13%3%8%8%14%15%14%16%11%
Cumberland County15%5%9%10%13%12%11%12%12%
Dauphin County19%6%14%9%14%10%11%10%8%
Lebanon County21%6%12%8%14%9%10%12%8%
York County18%5%10%9%13%12%13%14%7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Notes: Multiyear results are from rolling American Community Survey. * Margin of error between 20% & 35% of estimate; ** margin of error between 35% & 50%; *** margin of error greater than 50%.




Number of Housing Units, by Age, 2020-24
Before 19401940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010 and After
Pennsylvania1,450,253404,460754,049577,475717,278559,898514,535471,924356,580
Lancaster County42,8077,82520,62417,43026,32630,54428,19324,89920,576
Lancaster City12,3971,653*2,3911,446*1,9521,186*702*637**685*
Lancaster County School Districts
School District of Lancaster13,8602,1663,3432,3332,7111,938*1,3961,193*1,394*
Cocalico School District1,328158**664*828*1,186*1,4251,695911*565*
Columbia Borough School District2,555389*458*423**365*459**183**73***31***
Conestoga Valley School District1,824410*1,057*1,182*1,7642,1911,717*1,7481,229*
Donegal School District2,208179***758*421**1,056*770*1,4361,4851,028*
Eastern Lancaster County School District2,133656**857*921*1,677*1,767*1,6271,506*881*
Elizabethtown Area School District2,010388*1,562*686*1,6961,3162,6321,5461,303*
Ephrata Area School District2,313563*1,294*1,176*1,8892,4061,6012,4021,233*
Hempfield School District1,854456**2,1902,0552,9385,3393,0422,3401,600
Lampeter-Strasburg School District1,147*206***710*722**847*2,0551,4491,6121,261
Manheim Central School District1,912271***1,132*754**1,7841,415*962*2,0021,695
Manheim Township School District1,481*588**2,4782,1812,5531,7182,9831,7242,510
Penn Manor School District2,214493*1,9631,707*1,9132,4952,1672,3442,410
Pequea Valley School District1,479118***465*533*579*1,191*932*786*1,122*
Solanco School District1,921314**734*418*2,058*1,5941,7671,5821,011
Warwick School District2,268423**855*1,006*1,1532,2412,4371,486*1,188*
Lancaster County Boroughs
Adamstown borough157**25***28***46***25***18***133**246*86***
Akron borough243**152***211**218*389*186*130**95***68***
Christiana borough174*31***39***18***25***31***9***16***9***
Columbia borough2,555389*458*423**365*459**183**73***31***
Denver township290**62***120***152**269**277*199**142**2***
East Petersburg borough204***57***574*423***336**369**39***0***16***
Elizabethtown borough1,124*189**891**351**702*503*449*287***183**
Ephrata borough1,458*274**844*429*702*1,124*616*358*290***
Lititz borough1,310175***474*400*447*420**340*238***308**
Manheim borough678*94***649*178***182***61***86***129***0***
Marietta borough95551***88**48***39***54***12***28***171**
Millersville borough397**123***423**344*340*269**91***229**112***
Mount Joy borough901118***432*184**469*282**349**496*437*
Mountville borough198**116***140***26***101***325***173**149**81***
New Holland borough536**197***285**145***315**361**277***185***52***
Quarryville borough213*61***143*74***115***98***98*247*89**
Strasburg borough326**0***71***206***101***310**91***73***153***
Terre Hill borough146**2***82***27***34***56***0***25***24***
Lancaster County Townships
Bart township197**64***114***45***88**99*130***45***106**
Brecknock township290*253***120***241***251**677*489*112***242**
Caernarvon township326*38***27***99***341**132**125**121***166***
Clay township219***41***140***185***409**516*483*448**324**
Colerain township141**21***63***74***173**188**133*216*234**
Conestoga township230**37***283**84***308**241**284***73***117***
Conoy township266**17***85***14***187**124***383*258**49***
Drumore township238*24***11***49***145**182*92**73***89**
Earl township332**94***213**237***219**258***534*471**163***
East Cocalico township566*20***313**396**464*609**811*289**381**
East Donegal township254**10***166***128***428*217**886*766*315**
East Drumore township180***55***93***60***431**394*107***82***61***
East Earl township503*72***130***172***517***283*202**592**234**
East Hempfield township859*198***1,004*1,184*1,595*2,6631,460*1,555*1,168*
East Lampeter township932*231**668*452**844*1,178*878**1,112*620**
Eden township78**9***26***26***141**133**136**104*74***
Elizabeth township267**113***130***129***231**346**92**130***27***
Ephrata township393**96***99***344***389**580*372**1,501*551*
Fulton township241*31***37***45***129**93**119**185**40***
Lancaster township1,448513*978*939*826*761*722*561*709*
Leacock township400*62***175***161***157***164***139***159***370*
Little Britain township310**0***93***6***331***41***388**256**88***
Manheim township1,496*588**2,4782,1812,5531,7182,9831,7242,510
Manor township944*254***969*1,020*706*1,309*1,224*1,664*1,162*
Martic township344*24***113***49***308**296*383*213**267**
Mount Joy township288***143***300**230***530*563*883*743*668*
Paradise township404*19***161***220**100***216***150**146***447**
Penn township595*22***320***396***720*600*518*663*760*
Pequea township299**55***157***210**251**380**185***165***752**
Providence township323**49***154***39***505*366**564*374**230***
Rapho township639*155***163**180***882*754*358*1,210*935*
Sadsbury township126***16***65***66**123*193**158*143**106**
Salisbury township675*37***129***152**322*811*643*481*305**
Strasburg township225***15***73***123***165***246**98***105***183***
Upper Leacock township622*97***236**485*491**305**521*319**328**
Warwick township691*135***251*477*475*1,475*2,0051,118*853*
West Cocalico township319*51***203***234**437**521*552*234***96***
West Donegal township430**39***358**152**397*343*1,106*453*508*
West Earl township270**82***153***245**429*708*318*317*281**
West Hempfield township593*85***472**422*906*1,9821,370*636*335*
West Lampeter township596**191***558*341**514*1,490*1,2321,429925*
Berks County47,2068,71617,02414,87421,27417,41219,83216,8028,440
Chester County26,7425,64916,37617,47329,21631,56229,63633,14322,694
Cumberland County17,2195,47510,26411,40514,36913,83512,02813,56313,120
Dauphin County24,3987,36117,72611,73717,65913,01514,16012,1769,596
Lebanon County12,6843,7846,9475,0178,1505,6295,7407,0694,901
York County34,7728,80118,92017,20424,37521,91624,70026,09613,073

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Notes: Multiyear results are from rolling American Community Survey. * Margin of error between 20% & 35% of estimate; ** margin of error between 35% & 50%; *** margin of error greater than 50%.
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Prekindergarten Participation Increasing
Student Performance on Grade 3 English Not Applicable
Student Performance on Grade 8 Math Not Applicable
High School Cohort Graduation Rate Increasing
Per-Student Spending Maintaining
Students Receiving Special Education Services Increasing
Rate of Foster Care Admissions Maintaining
Disengaged Youth Decreasing
Single-Parent Families by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Plans of High School Graduates Not Applicable
Enrollment in Local Colleges Decreasing
College Graduation Rates Decreasing
Brain Drain/Gain Increasing
Education Levels of Adults by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Average Charitable Giving Maintaining
Voter Registration Rate Not Applicable
Voter Participation Rate Increasing
Age of Housing Stock Not Applicable
Violent Crime Rate Maintaining
Incarceration Rate Decreasing
Incarceration Rate by Race/Ethnicity Decreasing
Population Density Increasing
Air Quality Increasing
Water Use Decreasing
Waterways Impaired by Pollution Decreasing
Change in Population Increasing
Change in Population by Age and Sex Not Applicable
Population by Age Not Applicable
Population by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
People with Disabilities Increasing
Foreign-Born Population Increasing
Language Diversity Increasing
Change in Total Jobs Maintaining
Change in Employment by Sector Not Applicable
Sector Share of Total Jobs Increasing
Workers by Occupation Not Applicable
Change in Labor Force Decreasing
People Entering/Leaving County/Region for Work Not Applicable
Average Salary by Sector Not Applicable
Change in Average Salary Since 2010 Increasing
Female to Male Earnings Ratio Maintaining
Employer Size Not Applicable
Change in Number of Businesses by Sector Increasing
Change in Total Agricultural Sales Increasing
Spending for Local Government Maintaining
Spending for School Districts Maintaining
Children Living in Poverty Decreasing
Children in Poverty by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
People Living in Poverty Decreasing
People Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Veterans Living in Poverty Increasing
Working Poor Maintaining
Median Household Income by Household Type Not Applicable
Median Household Income Maintaining
Median Household Income, by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Households Below ALICE Threshold Increasing
Unemployment Rate by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Stable Household Budget Cost Not Applicable
Households Receiving SNAP by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Household Receiving Temporary Assistance Maintaining
Students Eligible for Free/Reduced Price Lunch Increasing
Median Home Value Maintaining
Occupied Housing Units Increasing
Homeownership Rate, by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Cost of Homeownership by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Median Rent Maintaining
Cost of Renting Decreasing
Households Without Vehicles Maintaining
Means of Transportation to Work, by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
People Without Health Insurance Decreasing
Early Prenatal Care by Mother's Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Health Status Decreasing
Rate of Depression Diagnosis Maintaining
Adults Who are Overweight or Obese Not Applicable
Mortality Rates Decreasing
Mortality Rate, by Race/Ethnicity Increasing
Fatal Drug Overdoses Increasing
Cancer Incidence Decreasing
Households With Internet Access Increasing
High-Tech Jobs Increasing
STEM Graduates Increasing
Science and Engineering Research and Development Maintaining
Single-Parent Families by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Education Levels of Adults by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Population by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Children in Poverty by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
People Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Median Household Income, by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Unemployment Rate by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Households Receiving SNAP by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Homeownership Rate, by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Cost of Homeownership by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Early Prenatal Care by Mother's Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable


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