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Lancaster, Fairfield County
Paper Trail has 17,616 parcels in Lancaster from the Fairfield County Auditor: owners, values, sales and taxes, as of October 22, 2026.
Property at a glance
Source: Fairfield County Auditor owner mailing addresses, 13,375 homes with a mailing address, October 22, 2026. A bill mailed to the home is the closest public sign that the owner lives there; it is not proof.
Mailing lists for Lancaster
Owners in Lancaster to mail, counted from the county's records today. The price is the whole list; you see the exact count and price again before you pay, and the file downloads when you pay.
No phone numbers or email addresses. Not for screening anyone for housing, a job, credit or insurance.
Home sales by month
541 home sales in Lancaster from October 2025 to September 2026, at a median price of $245,000.
| Month | Sales |
|---|---|
| October 2025 | 52 |
| November 2025 | 43 |
| December 2025 | 42 |
| January 2026 | 27 |
| February 2026 | 33 |
| March 2026 | 43 |
| April 2026 | 51 |
| May 2026 | 57 |
| June 2026 | 61 |
| July 2026 | 51 |
| August 2026 | 47 |
| September 2026 | 34 |
Source: Fairfield County Auditor, sales it marks as real sales (not family transfers or estates), counted once per deed, by the month of the sale. Data as of October 22, 2026.
Schools
Public schools inside the city line
- BridgesOhio report card: 2.5 stars
- Early Childhood Center 1No Ohio report card rating
- General Sherman Junior High SchoolOhio report card: 4 stars
- Gorsuch West Elementary SchoolOhio report card: 2.5 stars
- Lancaster High SchoolOhio report card: 4 stars
- Medill Elementary SchoolOhio report card: 3 stars
- Mt. Pleasant Elementary SchoolOhio report card: 2.5 stars
- Tallmadge Elementary SchoolOhio report card: 2.5 stars
- Tarhe Trails Elementary SchoolOhio report card: 4 stars
- Thomas Ewing Junior High SchoolOhio report card: 4 stars
Private schools
- Lancaster Montessori School
- New Story Schools
- Redeemer Lutheran Preschool
- St. Bernadette School
- William V. Fisher Catholic High School
Schools and students: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, fall 2024 count, and Private School Universe Survey, 2023-24. Ratings: Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, 2025-26 School Report Cards, the state's own overall star rating for each school. A school is listed here when its address sits inside the boundary.
Library
- Fairfield County District LibraryOpen about 55 hours a week
The Fairfield County District Library (5 buildings) had 188,760 visits and lent 939,640 books, movies and e-books in 2024, with 31,428 card holders.
Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024 (released June 2026). Figures are for the whole library system.
Crime reported to the FBI
Reported to the FBI by the Lancaster Police Department, 2025: 161 violent crimes and 707 property crimes, for about 41,935 people. That is 3.84 violent and 16.86 property crimes per 1,000 people.
| Year | Violent | Property | Months | Per 1,000 people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 161 | 707 | 12 | 3.84 / 16.86 |
| 2024 | 172 | 894 | 12 | 4.13 / 21.45 |
| 2023 | 181 | 873 | 12 | 4.37 / 21.06 |
| 2022 | 114 | 895 | 12 | 2.78 / 21.86 |
| 2021 | 110 | 663 | 12 | 2.67 / 16.11 |
| 2020 | 108 | 1222 | 12 | 2.65 / 30.02 |
Most common offenses in the Lancaster Police Department's 2025 incident reports: assault offenses 680, thefts 620, drug offenses 261.
Reporting varies from agency to agency and year to year, and these numbers are as reported to the FBI. A low count can mean an agency reported only part of the year; a year with no reports is left blank, never counted as zero. Violent crime means murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime means burglary, theft and vehicle theft. Paper Trail Ohio adds no score and does not compare places.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A and NIBRS files for data years 2020 to 2025 (files dated August 14, 2026), Crime Data Explorer.
Official offices
The official records for Lancaster are kept by the county. Paper Trail Ohio is not a government website.
What you can do here
Look up any parcel in Lancaster free: owner, values, sales and taxes. Or buy one of the mailing lists for Lancaster above.
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Questions
How many parcels are in Lancaster?
17,616 parcels sit inside the Lancaster boundary on the Fairfield County Auditor's map, 13,378 of them homes, as of October 22, 2026.
What is the median home sale price in Lancaster?
$245,000, from 541 home sales the Fairfield County Auditor marks as real sales, October 2025 to September 2026.
Which public schools are in Lancaster?
Bridges, grades 1 to 8; Early Childhood Center 1, grade PK; General Sherman Junior High School, grades 6 to 8; Gorsuch West Elementary School, grades K to 5; Lancaster High School, grades 9 to 12; Medill Elementary School, grades K to 5; Mt. Pleasant Elementary School, grades K to 5; Tallmadge Elementary School, grades K to 5; Tarhe Trails Elementary School, grades K to 5; Thomas Ewing Junior High School, grades 6 to 8.
Is there a public library in Lancaster?
Yes: Fairfield County District Library, 219 N. Broad St..
Who reports crime figures for Lancaster to the FBI?
The Lancaster Police Department. The page shows each year it reported from 2020 to 2025, with the months reported.