Is Lancaster a Good Place to Live? Honest Pros and Cons (2026)

Pedestrians crossing tree-lined Lancaster Boulevard downtown, with shops, a clock tower and wide sidewalks on The BLVD

By David Petikyan, DRE 02089725 · Property Provider Group | eXp Realty · Updated October 2026 Lancaster Boulevard (The BLVD), downtown Lancaster’s main street.Photo: USEPA Environmental-Protection-Agency / Wikimedia Commons, public domain Lancaster is the Antelope Valley’s northern city, about 170,000 people on 94 square miles of high desert at the end of the Metrolink line. […]