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Age of Housing Stock

Decreasing


Age of Housing Stock, 2017-21

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?

Eighteen percent of Lancaster County's housing stock has been constructed since the 2000s. This is above the Pennsylvania rate of 12%, and slightly below the national rate of 21%. Lancaster's percentage is similar to York (19%), above Berks (13%), Dauphin (14%), and Lebanon (16%), and below Chester (22%) and Cumberland (21%).

Twenty-percent of Lancaster County's housing stock was constructed before the 1940s. This is below the Pennsylvania average of 26%, but above the national average of 12%. Lancaster's percentage is below Berks (27%) and Lebanon (24%), similar to Dauphin (21%) and York (19%) and above Chester (14%) and Cumberland (16%).

Compared to Lancaster County, the City of Lancaster has higher rates of older housing stock. Only 4% of the City's stock has been constructed since the 2000s and 52% 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. Data for this indicator are released annually in December.

Age of Housing Stock, 2017-21
Before 19401940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010 and After
Pennsylvania26%7%13%10%13%10%9%8%4%
Lancaster County20%4%9%8%12%14%13%11%7%
Lancaster City52%10%12%8%7%5%*2%*2%**2%**
Lancaster County Boroughs
Adamstown borough22%*7%***8%***6%***4%***1%***17%**30%*6%***
Akron borough13%**14%***12%*15%*23%*11%**3%***6%***3%***
Christiana borough54%*8%***12%***11%***7%***4%***2%***2%***1%***
Columbia borough52%7%*9%*9%**7%*7%**6%**2%***0%***
Denver township20%*3%***11%**11%***8%**22%*12%**14%**0%***
East Petersburg borough15%***6%***23%*20%**9%**15%**10%**1%***1%***
Elizabethtown borough25%4%***21%*6%**13%*10%**11%*8%**2%***
Ephrata borough24%6%*11%*7%*17%*16%*12%*3%***5%***
Lititz borough30%3%***12%*11%*13%*12%**13%*4%***1%***
Manheim borough55%4%***26%*1%***4%***5%***4%**2%***0%***
Marietta borough64%7%***6%**4%***8%*3%***4%***1%***4%***
Millersville borough14%*8%***16%*17%*13%*15%**6%***8%***3%***
Mount Joy borough28%*3%***7%**6%**13%**10%**6%**14%*12%*
Mountville borough21%**7%***9%***5%***4%***23%***10%***16%***5%***
New Holland borough22%**11%**13%**6%***14%**12%**11%**9%***2%***
Quarryville borough21%*7%***21%*8%***6%***6%**13%**14%*5%**
Strasburg borough24%*2%***6%***14%***13%**23%*11%**4%***2%***
Terre Hill borough50%**1%***15%***2%***8%***6%***4%***9%***4%***
Lancaster County Townships
Bart township18%**7%***11%***8%***11%**11%**13%***9%***12%**
Brecknock township13%**9%***4%***8%**9%**24%*18%*11%**4%***
Caernarvon township22%*1%***2%***5%***17%**20%*15%**6%***11%***
Clay township10%***1%***6%***6%**17%**20%*13%*18%*8%**
Colerain township12%**3%***3%***8%***20%*18%**12%*15%**8%**
Conestoga township20%*4%***12%***7%***17%**11%**17%***7%***6%***
Conoy township18%**1%***8%***1%***8%***19%*25%**14%**7%***
Drumore township25%*2%***3%***4%***14%**23%*11%**10%***7%***
Earl township13%**5%***4%***11%**12%**13%**18%*19%**5%***
East Cocalico township11%*3%***10%**14%*13%*16%**19%*9%**7%***
East Donegal township12%**0%***2%***4%***16%*9%***27%*25%*5%***
East Drumore township15%**4%***8%***5%***26%***21%*8%**9%***3%***
East Earl township25%*2%***1%***5%***24%**6%***6%***23%**7%***
East Hempfield township6%*2%***10%*11%14%*24%15%12%6%*
East Lampeter township11%*4%**9%*9%**11%*16%*19%*13%*7%**
Eden township14%**2%***2%***3%***23%*18%**19%**14%*7%***
Elizabeth township10%*7%***8%***9%***14%*39%*5%***5%***4%***
Ephrata township10%**3%***5%***7%***14%*14%*12%*26%**10%*
Fulton township28%*2%***7%**5%***15%**6%***14%**17%**6%***
Lancaster township24%6%**13%*8%**10%*15%*9%*10%*6%**
Leacock township21%**7%***9%***18%***6%***5%***6%***13%**15%**
Little Britain township16%**1%***8%***2%***19%***1%***25%**17%**10%***
Manheim township10%*5%*13%11%16%10%16%11%8%*
Manor township10%*2%**12%*12%*7%*15%17%*19%*7%*
Martic township13%*3%***4%***3%***11%**24%*22%*10%**10%***
Mount Joy township10%**0%***5%**6%***10%**16%**23%*15%*15%**
Paradise township28%*8%***8%**5%***10%**10%***11%**5%***14%***
Penn township12%**1%***9%***11%***16%**12%**12%*15%*11%**
Pequea township12%*5%***11%**6%**9%*18%*6%**5%***29%**
Providence township7%***3%***6%***4%***20%*22%*18%**11%**10%**
Rapho township16%*2%***6%*7%**14%*13%*5%**20%*17%*
Sadsbury township15%**5%***9%**9%***18%*20%**6%***13%**4%***
Salisbury township21%1%***4%***6%**11%*18%*21%*13%*5%***
Strasburg township20%**0%***10%***7%***19%**18%**14%***2%***10%***
Upper Leacock township19%*3%***6%*11%*15%**9%**19%*13%*5%***
Warwick township10%*2%***3%**6%*8%*23%21%17%*10%*
West Cocalico township21%*4%***9%***8%**17%**11%**15%*11%**3%***
West Donegal township11%**2%***6%***5%**10%*11%**32%*13%*10%*
West Earl township12%**3%***6%***9%**12%*17%**16%*14%*10%**
West Hempfield township10%*3%***6%**6%**15%*26%21%*9%*5%**
West Lampeter township10%*5%***8%*6%*8%*18%*18%18%*9%*
Berks County27%6%11%9%13%11%12%10%3%
Chester County14%3%8%9%13%16%16%15%7%
Cumberland County16%4%10%10%14%12%12%12%9%
Dauphin County21%6%14%10%14%10%11%9%5%
Lebanon County24%6%12%9%14%10%11%11%5%
York County19%5%11%8%13%11%14%14%5%

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, 2017-21
Before 19401940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010 and After
Pennsylvania1,470,362410,191771,101576,906716,448551,065538,637459,492234,586
Lancaster County43,4969,50220,29917,91426,29730,65628,82823,94514,351
Lancaster City11,8142,1392,5911,8321,6841,059*550*455**379**
Lancaster County Boroughs
Adamstown borough181*58***62***51***31***8***136**250*46***
Akron borough225**250***220*276*412*189**54***109***49***
Christiana borough194*28***41***39***25***14***7***6***2***
Columbia borough2,559363*429*462**352*371**299**102***11***
Denver township307*49***165**166***129**346*182**210**0***
East Petersburg borough280***115***446*374**168**290**200**17***17***
Elizabethtown borough1,192187***1,022*303**605*484**512*375**90***
Ephrata borough1,442332*683*446*1,002*955*711*175***278***
Lititz borough1,152129***469*423*504*463**499*157***35***
Manheim borough1,09187***520*12***77***90***76**40***0***
Marietta borough77879***67**44***102*33***48***16***47***
Millersville borough370*199***401*428*330*394**160***208***68***
Mount Joy borough1,003*123***256**221**479**380**203**527*444*
Mountville borough289**93***127***61***58***306***129***218***66***
New Holland borough504**254**284**135***309**269**255**214***42***
Quarryville borough223*71***220*85***63***62**142**151*51**
Strasburg borough281*27***75***162***156**272*126**45***28***
Terre Hill borough202**6***63***7***33***23***18***37***18***
Lancaster County Townships
Bart township164**64***100***68***95**99**121***79***111**
Brecknock township330**227***100***205**246**630*480*286**99***
Caernarvon township298*14***28***75***235**280*202**86***152***
Clay township258***37***155***145**428**524*346*467*215**
Colerain township142**42***39***91***244*214**149*183**100**
Conestoga township333*62***200***113***284**181**273***109***95***
Conoy township257**8***119***18***110***268*356**197**95***
Drumore township214*19***23***35***123**201*97**91***64***
Earl township346**116***109***281**308**332**458*484**132***
East Cocalico township444*100***384**551*501*643**749*340**279***
East Donegal township406**0***55***134***529*294***897*839*159***
East Drumore township221**66***113***67***384***317*124**136***49***
East Earl township634*47***25***136***595**160***164***587**176***
East Hempfield township660*190***1,175*1,2941,629*2,8271,7631,357686*
East Lampeter township731*285**592*560**754*1,078*1,241*862*480**
Eden township93**10***14***17***149*118**124**91*44***
Elizabeth township145*107***115***129***209*586*71***80***53***
Ephrata township404**104***186***299***574*566*491*1,050**405*
Fulton township257*15***66**44***140**52***126**153**52***
Lancaster township1,893465**1,075*628**827*1,165*698*815*468**
Leacock township355**116***157***312***107***91***104***216**262**
Little Britain township264**22***131***36***306***24***397**268**160***
Manheim township1,695*903*2,2491,9582,8561,8602,7792,0081,499*
Manor township904*211**1,080*1,057*646*1,3911,543*1,702*656*
Martic township258*50***80***60***219**468*433*200**189***
Mount Joy township389**20***218**230***395**646**913*596*617**
Paradise township516*148***154**101***192**191***214**86***260***
Penn township495**62***371***461***680**506**502*608*466**
Pequea township251*102***228**132**199*383*133**107***635**
Providence township174***69***149***113***515*563*457**293**258**
Rapho township821*91***305*337**712*646*271**1,002*858*
Sadsbury township155**49***90**89***183*209**66***138**44***
Salisbury township69748***145***193**352*588*707*417*153***
Strasburg township272**0***139***95***259**251**193***30***133***
Upper Leacock township597*100***186*326*472**291**574*394*140***
Warwick township757*171***246**484*610*1,8181,6391,300*766*
West Cocalico township528*112***243***199**443**288**394*276**86***
West Donegal township383**60***223***174**357*387**1,101*460*346*
West Earl township348**90***176***249**343*488**437*394*278**
West Hempfield township626*178***358**421**973*1,6901,388*563*304**
West Lampeter township716*333***561*470*595*1,334*1,3461,283*656*
Berks County45,4789,41318,50214,54721,77717,97519,84416,8585,729
Chester County28,0995,66216,90318,54727,81032,22532,19731,63613,584
Cumberland County17,2374,75210,94611,27115,23112,59113,17613,4219,590
Dauphin County26,2997,38917,53012,83617,69512,85613,77011,2096,397
Lebanon County13,9533,4286,8875,0298,1175,6826,2496,3043,144
York County35,3299,39219,63615,35825,15720,75926,80325,4428,538

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%.




INDICATORS TREND
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 Maintaining
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 Not Applicable
Population Density Increasing
Air Quality Decreasing
Water Use Decreasing
Waterways Impaired by Pollution Not Applicable
Change in Population Increasing
Change in Population by Age and Gender Not Applicable
Population by Age Not Applicable
Population by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
People with Disabilities Decreasing
Foreign-Born Population Increasing
Language Diversity Increasing
Change in Total Jobs Increasing
Change in Employment by Sector Not Applicable
Sector Share of Total Jobs Not Applicable
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 2000 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 Maintaining
Children in Poverty by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
People Living in Poverty Increasing
People Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Veterans Living in Poverty Maintaining
Working Poor Maintaining
Median Household Income by Household Type Not Applicable
Median Household Income Maintaining
Median Household Income, by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Living Wage Not Applicable
Unemployment Rate by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Households Receiving SNAP by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Household Receiving Temporary Assistance Increasing
Students Eligible for Free/Reduced Price Lunch Increasing
Median Home Value Maintaining
Occupied Housing Units Maintaining
Homeownership Rate, by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Cost of Homeownership by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Median Rent Maintaining
Cost of Renting Increasing
Households Without Vehicles Decreasing
Means of Transportation to Work, by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
People Without Health Insurance Increasing
Early Prenatal Care by Mother's Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Health Status Decreasing
Prevalence of Mental Illness 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 Not Applicable
High-Tech Jobs Increasing
STEM Graduates Maintaining
Science and Engineering Research and Development Maintaining
Single-Parent Families by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Education Levels of Adults by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Incarceration Rate 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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