Lancaster, California

Lancaster Local Services

170K Residents
44.9 mi from DTLA
94 mi² Area

Lancaster at a Glance

👥 170,013 Population
💰 $76,083 Median Household Income
🎂 34.2 Median Age
📐 94.28 mi² Total Area
🏙️ 1,803 People per sq mile
⛰️ 2,356 ft Elevation
🚗 44.9 mi 45 miles from Downtown LA
🌊 Coastal City 🏞️ River Access ⛰️ Mountain Area

Lancaster Weather

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84°F
clear sky
Lancaster, CA
Feels Like 81°
Humidity 14%
Wind 12 mph
Visibility 6.2 mi
Updated at 6:32 PM
4-Day Forecast
Friday clear sky 🌙 53° 53°
Saturday clear sky 🌙 58° 58°
Sunday clear sky 🌙 57° 57°

About Lancaster

History

Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 173,516, making Lancaster the 158th-most populous city in the United States and the 30th most populous in California.

Antelope Valley, the area where Lancaster is now located, was home to the Paiute tribe at the time of first contact with Europeans. The Antelope Valley's central geography then served as the hub of a trade route for tribes trading between the California coast, the Central Valley, the Great Basin, and the pueblos of Arizona. After statehood, the Antelope Valley again served as a geographic shortcut but for the Stockton-Los Angeles Road and the Butterfield Overland Mail, which had two nearby stops

City Facts

Incorporated 1977
Government Council-manager

Economy

The Greater Antelope Valley Economic Alliance describes five areas as business and industrial parks in the city of Lancaster: Fox Field Industrial Corridor (adjacent to the General William J. Fox Airfield) along Avenue G, North Valley Industrial Center, Lancaster Business Park, Enterprise Business Park, Centerpoint Business Park, and the Southern Amargosa Industrial Area. The former Lancaster Redevelopment Agency is credited with attracting major business operations to the area such as SYGMA, Ri

manufacturing retail technology energy/oil & gas renewable energy

Landmarks & Attractions

The city has prioritized arts and culture as an economic driver, opening the Lancaster Museum of Art and History, or MOAH, in 2012 locating the new facility in its downtown district known as The BLVD. Originally founded as the Lancaster Museum/Art Gallery in 1986, the MOAH operates four sites within the city, serving the Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County, and parts of Kern and San Bernardino Counties. The museum contains over 10,000 art pieces about Southern California.

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