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Population (year 2000): 3,734. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,207 (+12.7% change)
Males: 1,699 (45.5%), Females: 2,035 (54.5%)
Garrard County
Zip codes:
40444.
Median resident age: 37.7 years
Median household income: $26,175 (year 2000)
Median house value: $71,400 (year 2000)
Races in Lancaster:
- White Non-Hispanic (87.3%)
- Black (9.6%)
- Hispanic (2.0%)
- Other race (1.1%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
Ancestries: United States (35.9%), English
(7.7%), Irish (6.1%), German (4.4%), Scottish (1.5%), French
(1.4%).
Elevation: 1032 feet
Land area: 1.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Lancaster
- High school or higher: 60.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.2%
- Unemployed: 6.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 31.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Lancaster city
- Never married: 21.9%
- Now married: 48.2%
- Separated: 2.1%
- Widowed: 14.9%
- Divorced: 13.0%
2.8% Foreign born (2.1% Latin America, 0.3%
Europe, 0.3% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +262 (+7.5%).
Hospital/medical center in Lancaster:
- GARRARD COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (308 WEST
MAPLE AVENUE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Lancaster:
- FORT LOGAN HOSP (about 10 miles; STANFORD, KY)
- EPHRAIM MCDOWELL REGIONAL MED CENTER (about 15
miles; DANVILLE, KY)
- BEREA HOSP (about 22 miles; BEREA, KY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Lancaster:
- BLUE GRASS (about 29 miles; LEXINGTON, KY; ID: LEX)
- LOUISVILLE INTL-STANDIFORD FIELD (about 89 miles;
LOUISVILLE, KY; ID: SDF)
- CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTERNATIONAL (about 98
miles; COVINGTON/CINCINNATI, OH, KY; ID: CVG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Lancaster:
- STUART POWELL FIELD (about 14 miles; DANVILLE, KY;
ID: DVK)
- MADISON (about 19 miles; RICHMOND, KY; ID: I39)
- SOMERSET-PULASKI COUNTY-J.T. WILSON FIELD (about 40
miles; SOMERSET, KY; ID: SME)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Lancaster:
- EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY (about 23 miles;
RICHMOND, KY; Full-time enrollment: 11,214)
- UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY (about 29 miles; LEXINGTON,
KY; FT enrollment: 20,492)
- LEXINGTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 29 miles;
LEXINGTON, KY; FT enrollment: 5,437)
- UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE (about 86 miles;
LOUISVILLE, KY; FT enrollment: 15,514)
- SULLIVAN UNIVERSITY (about 87 miles; LOUISVILLE, KY;
FT enrollment: 2,342)
- BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY (about 87 miles; LOUISVILLE,
KY; FT enrollment: 2,030)
- MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 89 miles; MOREHEAD,
KY; FT enrollment: 6,866)
Public high school in Lancaster:
- GARRARD COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 698;
Location: 304 MAPLE AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Lancaster:
- GARRARD MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 610;
Location: 324 W MAPLE ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- CAMP DICK ROBINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Students: 455; Location: 7541 LEXINGTON RD; Grades: PK
- 05)
- LANCASTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 435;
Location: 205 LEXINGTON ST; Grades: PK - 05)
- MERRITT-LITTLE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL (Students:
23; Location: 322 WEST MAPLE AVE; Grades: KG - 12)
Library in Lancaster:
- GARRARD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $184,584; Location: 101 LEXINGTON STREET; 34,887
books; 542 audio materials; 1,121 video materials; 73
serial subscriptions)
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