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Lancaster, VA 22503 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 22503: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Lancaster, VA 22503

Acceptable Alternative

Alfonso, VA 22503

Regina, VA 22503

Not Acceptable, USPS

Millenbeck, VA 22503

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Lancaster County
Centroid: Latitude 37.764, Longitude -76.498
Time Zone: Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 22503 has segments in 2 Counties / Independent Cities (Lancaster, Northumberland).

Businesses Addresses: 76
PO Box Addresses: 175
Residential Addresses: 1,928

Multi-Family Addresses: 1
Single Family Addresses: 1,927

The ZIP Code maps and database are updated 4 times per year.
Database updated: February 1, 2018, Maps updated: February 1, 2018.

EXTREMELY LOCAL Demographic Data

22503 ZIP Code Map

Lancaster, VA 22503 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	4,404
Daytime Population: Workers	837
Daytime Population: Residents	2,342
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	3,179
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	0.72
Population in Households	4,379
Population in Familes	3,532
Population in Group Qrtrs	25
Population Density²	49
Diversity Index³	51

INCOME
Median Household Income	$45,786
Average Household Income	$61,497
Per Capita Income	$27,444

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	2,958 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	1,604 (54.2%)
Renter Occupied HU	355 (12.0%)
Vacant Housing Units	999 (33.8%)
Median Home Value	$230,814
Average Home Value	$320,698

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	1,959
Average Household Size	2.24
Family Households	1,310
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

If the ratio of the TDP to Total Population is greater than 1, the location gains population during the day when commuting workers are present. If the ratio is less than 1, the location is more of a bedroom community where people commute to another place for work.
Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelihood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.

GROWTH RATE / YEAR	2010-2017	2017-2022
Population	0.48%	0.47%
Households	0.44%	0.47%
Families	0.27%	0.36%
Median Household Income		2.17%
Per Capita Income		3.11%

Lancaster, VA 22503 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 22503 to the other 870 ZIP Codes in Virginia by rank and percentile using July 1, 2017 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.