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Cathedral City, CA vs Lancaster, CA

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- Lancaster is 0% more densely populated than Cathedral City.
- People are 6.4% less likely to be married in Lancaster.
- The Median Age is 7.0 years younger in Lancaster.
 Cathedral City, CALancaster, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock171,820329,725,481
 Female Population48.8%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population51.2%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock33.338.4
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 Population - 201051,429  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock118,718285,036,114
 Population - 199030,085  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock31.3%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now85.1%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock1,822.493.4
 Land Area22.5  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.3264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Cathedral City, CALancaster, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.4%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock7.2%6.1%
 Age 10 to 146.7%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock4.9%3.9%
 Age 18 to 203.9%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock4.8%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3412.8%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock13.8%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5412.3%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock6.3%6.7%
 Age 60 to 647.2%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock6.6%9.6%
 Age 75 to 846.1%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.0%1.9%
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 Race
 Cathedral City, CALancaster, CAUnited States
 White30.6%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock20.0%12.2%
 Asian6.3%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.1%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.5%0.4%
 Two or More Races1.6%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock44.8%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Cathedral City, CALancaster, CAUnited States
 Married Population46.9%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock41.5%48.0%
 Married but Separated2.4%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock56.2%50.2%
 Never Married37.2%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock8.7%10.8%
 Widowed5.1%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock3.152.60
 Households18,827  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock38,25680,755,759
     Married couple, w/children26.2%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock29.9%42.9%
 Non Family Households7,138  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock22.3%15.8%
     Single householder, no children11.9%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Cathedral City    3 Reviews

Cathedral City is cheaper than Palm Springs and a few other local cities. It has lovely mountain views. It's a decidely middle-middle class community, especially on  More

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Cathedral City enjoys the lowest crime rate in the entire Coachella  More

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Relatively because it depends on where you came from. We moved here from Denver. There's been one murder here this year. I feel rather safe in this area as far as  More

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Reviews for Lancaster    48 Reviews

Worse than even Compton in some ways... worse than hell overall. This place is so bad you will want to off yourself every day just by being here, but probably not too  More

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Over 5 years ago

I was born here, then grew up here for 17 years and joined the Army as a teen, but constantly went back to visit my parents and friends. I lived there again for 4 years  More

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Over 7 years ago

Moved to the Eastside of Lancaster. I have target, lowes, the whole wheatery, homedepot, bank of America, wells Fargo, Walmart, traders Joe's, Carl's jr, burger king,  More

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