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Age of Housing Stock

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Age of Housing Stock, 2019-23

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 5%, and slightly below the national rate of 10%. Lancaster's percentage is to the same as Chester (9%), above Berks (4%), York (6%) and Dauphin and Lebanon (both 7%), and below Cumberland (11%).

Nineteen percent 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 percentage is below Berks (28%) and Lebanon (23%), similar to Dauphin (20%), and above York (18%), Chester (13%) and Cumberland (15%).

Compared to Lancaster County, the City of Lancaster has higher rates of older housing stock. Only 2% of the City's stock has been constructed since the 2010s 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, 2019-23
Before 19401940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010 and After
Pennsylvania25%7%13%10%12%10%9%8%5%
Lancaster County19%4%10%8%12%14%13%11%9%
Lancaster City52%7%*11%7%8%6%*3%*3%**2%**
Lancaster County School Districts
School District of Lancaster44%7%12%8%8%7%4%*4%*4%*
Cocalico School District15%2%**8%*11%13%*16%18%12%5%*
Columbia Borough School District53%8%**10%*9%**8%*7%**4%**1%***0%***
Conestoga Valley School District14%4%**8%*9%*13%*17%14%13%8%*
Donegal School District26%2%***7%*4%**12%*9%*15%*14%10%*
Eastern Lancaster County School District18%5%***8%*7%*14%*14%13%13%*8%*
Elizabethtown Area School District16%3%*12%*5%*12%*11%19%13%9%*
Ephrata Area School District16%5%*8%9%*13%16%10%14%*8%*
Hempfield School District8%2%**10%10%14%25%15%10%7%
Lampeter-Strasburg School District13%*2%***7%*6%*9%*20%16%15%12%*
Manheim Central School District17%3%**10%*6%**14%*12%*8%*16%14%*
Manheim Township School District8%*4%*14%11%15%10%15%10%13%
Penn Manor School District13%4%*11%10%*9%15%12%*13%12%
Pequea Valley School District22%2%**7%*8%*8%*16%*14%*10%*12%*
Solanco School District17%3%*7%*4%*18%13%15%13%10%*
Warwick School District17%3%**6%*8%*10%18%18%12%*9%
Lancaster County Boroughs
Adamstown borough20%**2%***7%***7%***3%***3%***17%**34%*8%**
Akron borough15%**12%***10%**14%*23%*12%**6%***5%***4%***
Christiana borough49%*8%***11%***9%**6%***7%***3%***4%***1%***
Columbia borough53%8%**10%*9%**8%*7%**4%**1%***0%***
Denver township15%**4%***10%**11%***17%**22%*10%**11%**0%***
East Petersburg borough11%***4%***23%*19%**14%**23%**4%***0%***3%***
Elizabethtown borough24%*5%**20%*6%**15%*9%*10%*7%**4%***
Ephrata borough27%5%**11%*8%*12%*17%*10%**4%**5%***
Lititz borough32%4%***11%*12%*12%*11%**9%**5%***4%**
Manheim borough44%*7%***29%*2%***5%***2%***5%***6%***0%***
Marietta borough67%4%***8%**2%***2%***4%***1%***1%***11%**
Millersville borough17%**7%***19%**17%**12%**11%**2%***9%**6%***
Mount Joy borough28%4%***11%*6%***12%*8%**8%**11%*12%*
Mountville borough16%**8%***11%***3%***8%***21%***9%***16%**8%***
New Holland borough18%**10%***17%**5%***13%***13%**13%**9%***3%***
Quarryville borough19%*7%***15%*7%***10%***5%***9%**21%*7%**
Strasburg borough22%**0%***6%***12%***9%***27%**8%***7%***10%***
Terre Hill borough43%**0%***17%***5%***7%***8%***5%***8%***6%***
Lancaster County Townships
Bart township24%**9%***10%***3%***10%***11%**12%***9%**13%**
Brecknock township13%**8%***6%***7%***10%**26%*17%**6%***8%**
Caernarvon township24%*1%***2%***7%***21%*14%**10%***8%***13%***
Clay township8%***2%***6%***8%***14%**19%*16%*17%*8%**
Colerain township11%**3%***4%**5%***17%*17%**12%*16%*14%**
Conestoga township18%*4%***19%**8%***15%***13%**13%***5%***5%***
Conoy township20%**1%***10%***2%***11%***9%**26%**15%**6%***
Drumore township25%*3%***1%***6%***15%**16%*11%***10%***15%**
Earl township10%***3%***9%**9%***12%**12%**19%**18%**10%**
East Cocalico township14%*1%***8%**13%*12%*16%*20%*8%**8%**
East Donegal township10%**0%***4%***3%***14%**9%**29%*23%*8%**
East Drumore township16%**4%***6%***5%***27%**24%*5%***8%**4%***
East Earl township22%*4%***4%***8%**17%***7%***6%**24%**9%**
East Hempfield township6%*1%***10%*11%*14%*23%13%12%9%*
East Lampeter township12%*5%***9%*9%*13%*18%*12%*13%*8%**
Eden township14%**1%***3%***4%***22%**17%**15%***16%*8%***
Elizabeth township12%**8%***9%***9%***18%**30%*6%***6%***2%***
Ephrata township7%***3%***4%***7%***11%*15%*10%*31%*13%*
Fulton township27%*4%***5%***6%***17%**9%**11%**16%**5%***
Lancaster township20%*7%**16%*10%*8%**12%*8%*9%*10%*
Leacock township24%*4%***8%***15%**6%***8%***6%***10%**20%*
Little Britain township15%**1%***7%***2%***22%***2%***26%**18%**7%***
Manheim township8%*4%*14%11%15%10%15%10%13%
Manor township9%*3%**10%*11%*7%*15%*15%*19%*11%*
Martic township20%*2%***6%***3%***10%*20%*14%*12%**13%**
Mount Joy township8%***3%***6%**5%***11%**14%*21%*20%*14%*
Paradise township24%*3%***11%**7%***7%***16%**12%**5%***16%***
Penn township9%**1%***8%***11%**15%**13%*15%*13%*15%*
Pequea township13%**4%***7%***10%**11%**16%**8%**2%***29%**
Providence township11%**2%***8%***3%***18%**14%**20%**9%**14%**
Rapho township15%*3%***4%**3%***15%*15%*4%**22%*19%*
Sadsbury township15%**2%***12%**6%**15%*18%**12%*13%**7%***
Salisbury township20%*1%***4%***5%***11%*20%*19%*13%*7%**
Strasburg township28%**1%***9%***3%***17%***16%**9%***3%***15%***
Upper Leacock township20%*3%***7%**10%*12%**9%**18%*12%**9%**
Warwick township9%*2%***3%**6%*7%*20%25%16%*12%*
West Cocalico township15%*2%***7%***9%**16%**17%*20%*10%**3%***
West Donegal township13%*3%***8%**4%**9%*12%*26%*13%*13%*
West Earl township9%**2%***6%***8%**14%*25%*13%*13%*9%**
West Hempfield township7%*1%***6%**6%**13%*28%23%*10%*5%**
West Lampeter township9%*3%***7%*6%*7%*20%*19%18%12%*
Berks County28%5%10%8%12%11%12%10%4%
Chester County13%3%8%8%14%15%14%15%9%
Cumberland County15%5%9%10%14%12%11%12%11%
Dauphin County20%6%14%10%14%10%11%9%7%
Lebanon County23%6%11%8%13%10%10%11%7%
York County18%5%10%9%13%11%14%13%6%

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, 2019-23
Before 19401940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010 and After
Pennsylvania1,450,779404,395763,926578,389720,445560,134519,371465,357316,867
Lancaster County42,4468,46121,02717,66925,78930,90927,86324,37819,321
Lancaster City11,6341,648*2,3971,5731,8941,309*743*574**513**
Lancaster County School Districts
School District of Lancaster13,1312,2043,6062,2822,4552,1861,322*1,255*1,318*
Cocalico School District1,344193**746*9931,178*1,4621,6391,048460*
Columbia Borough School District2,671399**504*477**419*334**180**75***13***
Conestoga Valley School District1,798487**1,051*1,168*1,700*2,2911,8121,6901,099*
Donegal School District2,400194***687*387**1,060*785*1,399*1,322948*
Eastern Lancaster County School District2,055590***950*848*1,603*1,6451,5211,581*948*
Elizabethtown Area School District2,086444*1,574*610*1,512*1,4242,4891,7111,208*
Ephrata Area School District2,358685*1,1841,258*1,9632,3681,5302,113*1,152*
Hempfield School District1,681427**2,1932,1122,9855,4143,3252,2851,585
Lampeter-Strasburg School District1,296*222***707*644*891*2,0051,6371,4621,176*
Manheim Central School District2,031312**1,121*709**1,572*1,409*938*1,8591,658*
Manheim Township School District1,420*677*2,4662,0902,7621,8032,8081,7862,379
Penn Manor School District2,272651*2,0051,834*1,6152,6882,189*2,3492,212
Pequea Valley School District1,553161**481*576*600*1,113*997*726*869*
Solanco School District1,851384*778*497*2,0061,4271,6141,4461,095*
Warwick School District2,176387**812*1,091*1,2882,3402,3271,514*1,121
Lancaster County Boroughs
Adamstown borough161**18***58***55***22***21***136**277*68**
Akron borough259**217***182**238*396*211**97***91***69***
Christiana borough164*28***37***31**21***24***10***14***3***
Columbia borough2,671399**504*477**419*334**180**75***13***
Denver township232**62***159**167***262**354*165**175**4***
East Petersburg borough221***86***467*392**291**470**76***0***69***
Elizabethtown borough1,145*224**952*287**696*440*501*341**200***
Ephrata borough1,583297**672*496*734*997*571**265**290***
Lititz borough1,339154***462*501*478*439**369**217***178**
Manheim borough851*127***570*46***96***37***98***114***0***
Marietta borough94763***109**22***35***54***11***21***151**
Millersville borough396**156***442**401**288**271**56***223**147***
Mount Joy borough1,006131***399*198***441*270**300**413*435*
Mountville borough214**106***150***45***110***292***119***218**116***
New Holland borough395**218***368**115***281***283**293**188***55***
Quarryville borough216*81***162*77***116***53***103**228*75**
Strasburg borough270**0***75***152***114***338**95***86***121***
Terre Hill borough181**0***71***20***31***34***20***34***27***
Lancaster County Townships
Bart township207**79***90***28***84***94**105***75**109**
Brecknock township327**194***157***180***247**671*436**150***202**
Caernarvon township337*14***21***97***297*190**134***114***183***
Clay township229***62***173***220***368**527*444*464*223**
Colerain township133**42***55**67***215*213**142*193*173**
Conestoga township287*59***316**126***251***220**205***83***83***
Conoy township289**16***140***25***162***125**361**211**83***
Drumore township223*25***7***51***129**141*96***85***132**
Earl township240***63***224**217***297**290**470**458**243**
East Cocalico township565*51***336**545*477*646*811*340**313**
East Donegal township313**0***123***106***446**271**889*705*238**
East Drumore township228**53***85***77***387**339*74***115**59***
East Earl township575*101***109***219**450***177***168**637**238**
East Hempfield township738*158***1,154*1,280*1,696*2,7381,5461,3981,059*
East Lampeter township847*315***628*595*894*1,268*836*914*565**
Eden township90**9***23***25***147**112**98***108*50***
Elizabeth township174**115***127***132***263**447*88***92***31***
Ephrata township287***109***157***304***465*633*418*1,293*570*
Fulton township249*39***47***55***151**79**103**143**45***
Lancaster township1,503*556**1,241*750*604**902*627*681*805*
Leacock township414*73***138***261**96***132***100***167**338*
Little Britain township223**13***98***32***335***36***397**271**99***
Manheim township1,420*677*2,4662,0902,7621,8032,8081,7862,379
Manor township866*306**951*1,001*612*1,412*1,443*1,753*1,007*
Martic township393*40***114***66***205*391*285*232**266**
Mount Joy township322***109***260**207***459**606*886*853*586*
Paradise township440*54***196**130***130***294**213**94***298***
Penn township416**51***342***492**694**596*658*608*672*
Pequea township324**90***162***240**259**394**200**58***709**
Providence township282**43***211***85***442**360**496**228**353**
Rapho township764*134***209**171***782*776*182**1,137*986*
Sadsbury township159**16***125**62**159*191**126*142**77***
Salisbury township699*34***147***185***374*687*684*465*233**
Strasburg township365**14***114***38***227***210**124***34***198***
Upper Leacock township684*105***239**351*410**311**590*390**287**
Warwick township663*118***223**458*547*1,4541,8701,205*912*
West Cocalico township399*62***193***226**417**441*527*256**75***
West Donegal township464*95***278**152**333*443*940*489*463*
West Earl township267**67***184***222**396*712*386*386*247**
West Hempfield township508*77***422**395**888*1,9141,584*669*341**
West Lampeter township661*208***506*413*507*1,432*1,3701,342857*
Berks County47,2158,46817,83114,19121,07118,02819,82616,8317,686
Chester County26,9325,29616,70117,80028,99232,41830,40632,42619,759
Cumberland County17,0395,09310,41911,57714,93413,46412,38113,54111,817
Dauphin County24,8957,81217,53512,71917,86313,12213,46511,4798,369
Lebanon County13,5703,4486,8194,8448,0315,7576,0396,8124,262
York County34,4509,22619,39216,22325,23021,62825,54325,43211,484

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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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 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 Not Applicable
Population Density Increasing
Air Quality Increasing
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 Increasing
Foreign-Born Population Increasing
Language Diversity Maintaining
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 Maintaining
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
Living Wage Not Applicable
Unemployment Rate by Race/Ethnicity 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
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 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
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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