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Lancaster city, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Lancaster city is a Census city of 742 people across 1.49 square miles of land, in Schuyler County. Median household income is $49,444, 71.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $30,300.
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Lancaster
What Lancaster is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.49 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land499
- County holding the largest share of its areaSchuyler County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lancaster
How many people live in Lancaster
- Population742
- Median age32.7
- Population under 18166 plus or minus 50
- Share under 1822.4 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Population 65 and over97 plus or minus 40
- Share 65 and over13.1 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Households248 plus or minus 50
- Family households139 plus or minus 34
- Share of households that are families56.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lancaster
Income and work in Lancaster
- Median household income$49,444 plus or minus $31,326
- Per capita income$25,965 plus or minus $5,542
- Civilian labor force294 plus or minus 84
- Employed286 plus or minus 84
- Unemployed8 plus or minus 9
- Unemployment rate2.7 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Adults 25 and over453
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.8 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.0 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lancaster
Housing in Lancaster
- Housing units326
- Occupied units248 plus or minus 50
- Vacant units78 plus or minus 30
- Vacancy rate23.9 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Owner occupied176 plus or minus 47
- Renter occupied72 plus or minus 38
- Ownership rate71.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$154,800 plus or minus $32,283
- Median gross rent, monthly$349 plus or minus $130
- Annual rent as a share of median income8.5 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Single family units246 plus or minus 51
- Share single family75.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more73 plus or minus 40
- Share in buildings of two or more22.4 percent plus or minus 11.8
- Mobile homes7 plus or minus 5
- Median year structure built1960
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lancaster
How Lancaster gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute276 plus or minus 83
- Commuting under 15 minutes109 plus or minus 41
- Share commuting under 15 minutes39.5 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more89 plus or minus 39
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more32.2 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Drove alone77.6 percent
- Carpooled14.3 percent plus or minus 13.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.5 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Worked from home3.5 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lancaster
SBA loans in Lancaster (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$30,300
- Average approval$15,150
- Median approval$20,300
- Ninetieth percentile approval$20,300
- Largest approval$20,300
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term60 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Schuyler County, not Lancaster
Schuyler County context, not Lancaster figures
These are Schuyler County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lancaster measurements.
- Establishments in Schuyler County75
- Employment at those establishments, Schuyler County538
- Covered employment, Schuyler County811
- Average annual pay, Schuyler County$41,217
- Average weekly wage, Schuyler County$793
- Housing units permitted, Schuyler County8
- Of those, single family, Schuyler County8
- County product, 2024, Schuyler County$181,331,000
- County product change over the prior year, Schuyler County-4.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Schuyler County$40,726
Every figure in this section is published for Schuyler County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lancaster. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Lancaster questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lancaster, Missouri?
742, in 248 households. Lancaster city covers 1.49 square miles of land, which is 499 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lancaster in?
Schuyler County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Lancaster?
$49,444. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $154,800. Median gross rent is $349 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lancaster businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $30,300, across 1 lenders, median approval $20,300. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lancaster, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lancaster borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lancaster. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Lancaster figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Schuyler County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Lancaster.
Is zoning published for Lancaster?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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