The population of Lancaster county is estimated at 10,778. In 2017 there were 100 births and 204 deaths in Lancaster county. Lancaster county has 2,242 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,858 that are owned free and clear and 1,165 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Lancaster County filed 5,680 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Virginia filings and 0.004% of the entire nation. Lancaster had a combined total federal tax liability of $54,312,000 on earned income of $382,557,000. Other notable statistics from Lancaster County were 180 unemployment claims which collected a total of $731,000 and 1,810 charitable contributions valued at $9,853,000. 1,870 filings from Lancaster County paid a combined total of $5,832,000 in property taxes and 1,380 filings paid $13,378,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Lancaster county had 33 religious congregations with an estimated 7,219 members.
31.9% of the Lancaster population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 9.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 61% of Lancaster County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 453 votes.
At $50,793 the median income is 71.0% of the Virginia average. An estimated 283 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Lancaster, the equivalant of around 5.5% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Lancaster County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,088	Health care and social assistance
805	Retail trade
510	Accommodation and food services
319	Professional, scientific, and technical services
290	Food services and drinking places
290	Restaurants and other eating places
240	Ambulatory health care services
220	Accommodation
192	Full-service restaurants
177	Other services (except public administration)
152	Manufacturing
138	Offices of physicians (except mental health specialists)
131	Food and beverage stores
114	Wholesale trade
110	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

In 2018 7.76% of listings in Lancaster County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 22503 and 22578) dropped their price.

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