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Population (year 2000): 8,177. Estimated
population in July 2005: 8,371 (+2.4% change)
Males: 3,710 (45.4%), Females: 4,467 (54.6%)
Lancaster County
Zip codes:
29720.
Median resident age: 36.9 years
Median household income: $28,650 (year 2000)
Median house value: $77,800 (year 2000)
Races in Lancaster:
- Black (49.5%)
- White Non-Hispanic (46.7%)
- Hispanic (2.3%)
- Other race (1.1%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
Ancestries: United States (9.7%), Scotch-Irish
(6.3%), English (4.1%), German (4.0%), Irish (4.0%), Scottish
(3.2%).
Elevation: 554 feet
Land area: 5.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Lancaster
- High school or higher: 68.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 8.6%
- Unemployed: 12.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Lancaster city
- Never married: 30.1%
- Now married: 42.4%
- Separated: 5.0%
- Widowed: 12.0%
- Divorced: 10.5%
2.1% Foreign born (1.3% Latin America, 0.5%
Asia, 0.2% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -1,370 (-14.4%).
Hospital/medical center in Lancaster:
- SPRINGS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (800 W MEETING ST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Lancaster:
- PIEDMONT MEDICAL CENTER (about 22 miles; ROCK HILL,
SC)
- HEALTHSOUTH REHABILITAITON HOSPITAL (about 26 miles;
ROCK HILL, SC)
- UNION REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 26 miles;
MONROE, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Lancaster:
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 35 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
- MC ENTIRE ANGS (about 56 miles; EASTOVER, SC; ID:
MMT)
- SHAW AFB (about 57 miles; SUMTER, SC; ID: SSC)
Other public-use airports nearest to Lancaster:
- LANCASTER COUNTY-MC WHIRTER FIELD (about 6 miles;
LANCASTER, SC; ID: LKR)
- KIRK AIR BASE (about 9 miles; LANCASTER, SC; ID:
T73)
- JAARS-TOWNSEND (about 10 miles; WAXHAW, NC; ID: N52)
College/University in Lancaster:
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT LANCASTER
(Full-time enrollment: 571; Location: PO BOX 889;
Public; Website: WWW.SC.EDU/LANCASTER/)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Lancaster:
- YORK TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 22 miles; ROCK HILL,
SC; Full-time enrollment: 2,221)
- WINTHROP UNIVERSITY (about 34 miles; ROCK HILL, SC;
FT enrollment: 4,976)
- CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 38 miles;
CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 41
miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 13,706)
- BENEDICT COLLEGE (about 51 miles; COLUMBIA, SC; FT
enrollment: 2,880)
- GASTON COLLEGE (about 51 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,473)
- MIDLANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 52 miles;
COLUMBIA, SC; FT enrollment: 5,958)
Public high schools in Lancaster:
- LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,905;
Location: 617 NORMANDY ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 496; Location:
4290 TABERNACLE ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- LANCASTER A V C (Location: 625 NORMANDY ROAD;
Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high schools in Lancaster:
- CAROLINA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 319;
Location: 1850 KERSHAW-CAMDEN HW; Grades: PK - 12)
- FAITH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 34;
Location: 4695 J B DEWTON RD; Grades: KG - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Lancaster:
- BUFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 893;
Location: 1906 N. ROCKY RIVER RD; Grades: PK - 05)
- SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 789; Location:
1551 BILLINGS DR; Grades: 06 - 08)
- A.R. RUCKER MIDDLE (Students: 707; Location:
610 E MEETING STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- BROOKLYN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY (Students: 615;
Location: 1637 BILLINGS DR; Grades: KG - 05)
- NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 590;
Location: RODDEY DRIVE; Grades: KG - 05)
- ERWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 489;
Location: 1477 LOCUSTWOOD AVE; Grades: KG - 05)
- CLINTON ELEMENTARY (Students: 478; Location:
110 CLINTON SCHOOL RD; Grades: KG - 05)
- MCDONALD GREEN EL (Students: 439; Location:
2763 LYNWOOD DR; Grades: KG - 05)
- BUFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 438;
Location: 1890 N. ROCKY RIVER RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- SOUTH SIDE SCHOOL (Students: 161; Location:
500 HAMPTON ROAD; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Lancaster:
- LANCASTER COUNTY LIBRARY (Operating income:
$682,421; Location: 313 S. WHITE ST.; 121,290 books;
2,619 audio materials; 2,341 video materials; 185 serial
subscriptions)
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