Housing & affordability in Lancaster
ACS 2020–24 · four inputs · 18% of the overall score
F
34/100
21st of 24
21st of 24
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The four inputs
Median home value vs metro$193,900
Columbus $300,80040% · scores 26
Median rent vs metro$1,083/mo
Columbus $1,274/mo30% · scores 38
Ownership rate59%
Columbus 61%15% · scores 44
Households spending >30% of income on housing33%
Columbus 29%15% · scores 39
Context, not scored
Median year built · Columbus 19821963
Houses rather than flats · Columbus 69%74%
Households with children · Columbus 31%30%
Neither direction is better here, so none of it moves the grade. It is on the page because it changes what a place is like to live in.
Vertical rule marks the Columbus reference. ACS 2020–24. Every scale is on the methodology page.
Best Columbus suburbs for housing
All 24 ranked, Lancaster highlighted1New AlbanyA+$772,1002PowellA$561,5003DublinB+$563,5004Upper ArlingtonB+$595,6005BexleyB−$527,8006Canal WinchesterB−$336,1007WorthingtonB−$440,5008HilliardC+$385,1009PickeringtonC+$339,60010WestervilleC$374,50011GahannaC$350,90012PataskalaC$314,50013Grove CityC−$310,40014MarysvilleC−$300,80015DelawareC−$318,40016HeathD+$235,70017ReynoldsburgD$244,30018ColumbusD−$252,90019LondonF$201,00020LancasterF$193,90021NewarkF$192,30022CirclevilleF$191,70023WhitehallF$159,60024GalionF$112,700
Better than Lancaster on housing & affordability
Lancaster grades F on housing & affordability. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.
SuburbHousingOverall
Bexley24 mi from LancasterB− 77 B Canal Winchester14 mi from LancasterB− 65 C+ Pickerington14 mi from LancasterC+ 62 C Pataskala21 mi from LancasterC 49 D+ Heath22 mi from LancasterD+ 58 C Reynoldsburg19 mi from LancasterD 55 C− Median home value: ACS 2020–24 · Ownership rate: ACS 2020–24