There are 19 hospice facilities serving Lancaster, Texas. This includes 4 facilities in Lancaster and 15 nearby. The costs per day for hospice care in Texas range from $111 up to $200, with a mean cost running around $153. The monthly expense averages around $4,590 and ranges between $3,330 and $6,000. On a yearly basis, the mean cost is around $55,080, which is the same as the nationwide average of $55,080.
Lancaster is a small city in Texas. It is located within Dallas County and is included in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro statistical area. Though the encompassing metropolitan area includes 5,016,388 inhabitants, there are 38,269 within the city limits. The 55+ community currently composes 17% of the overall population.
Lancaster has a good SeniorScore™ of 76. The city's average household income is $53,000 ($22,000 per person), vs an average of $47,000 for the state of Texas. The average housing price in Lancaster is $153,000, which is relatively higher than the Texas average of $142,500. Lancaster has a high unemployment rate of roughly 10.43%.
Lancaster has ideal mean temperatures, with very mild winters and very balmy summers. The area gets average amounts of precipitation each year. When compared to other cities in the United States, Lancaster has very low air quality.