City safety & data profile

Lincoln ParkMI

Lincoln Park, MI is a 37K-resident city in Wayne County with a median household income of $58,616.

Wayne County, Michigan. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Lincoln Park, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Lincoln Park has a population larger than 71% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $131,000.

Data updated 2026-09-04

37K
Population (place)
Top 29%
By size
$58,616
Median income (place)
$131,000
Median home (place)
21.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park posts a median household income higher than 20% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 21%
by median income, US cities

Where Lincoln Park income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$58,616 Bottom 20% higher than 20% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Lincoln Park $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MI

Population among 105 MI places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Detroit is the largest MI city on this list; Beverly Hills leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MI

Median household income among the same 105-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Beverly Hills posts the highest place-level median income in MI; Detroit is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Lincoln Park, MI beyond the headline numbers

Lincoln Park sits inside Wayne County, Michigan, at roughly 42.25°N, -83.18°W. Population 37,012, $58,616 median household income. Median home value $131,000, median rent $1,023. Poverty rate 21.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

21.5% of Lincoln Park, MI residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Lincoln Park runs about 2.2 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 7.7% of Lincoln Park workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 19.9% in Lincoln Park, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Lincoln Park's median age is 35.2 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Lincoln Park from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
37,012
Lincoln Park · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$58,616
-34% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$131,000
-68% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.2
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Wayne County): Lincoln Park's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.8M-2%
Median Income
$60,539+47%
Median Home Value
$178,500+106%
Poverty Rate
20.8%-15%
Unemployment
8.7%-52%

Economics

Economics indicators for Lincoln Park, MI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,023/mo
Poverty Rate
21.5% +73% vs avg
Unemployment 8.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 11.5%
Work From Home 7.7%
Public Transit 0.3%

Population

White 60.7%
African American 10.4%
Asian 0.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
40.1%
Obesity
37%
High Blood Pressure
35.9%
Physical Inactivity
31.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.6%
Current Smoking
19.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
17.1%
Binge Drinking
16.3%
Diabetes
12.9%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 60.2%
Annual Checkup 77.1%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
12%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.1%
Stroke
4%

What alerts and safety updates affect Lincoln Park?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Lincoln Park right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MI-LINCOLN-PARK-MI · Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Lincoln Park; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Michigan state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Lincoln Park, MI? ▼
Lincoln Park, MI has a population of 37,012 people, located in Wayne County, Michigan.
What is the median household income in Lincoln Park? ▼
The median household income in Lincoln Park, MI is $58,616 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 21.5%.
What is the median home value in Lincoln Park? ▼
The median home value in Lincoln Park, MI is $131,000. Median rent is $1,023/month.
What are the top health concerns in Lincoln Park? ▼
The top health indicators in Lincoln Park include Short Sleep Duration (40.1%), Obesity (37%), High Blood Pressure (35.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Lincoln Park? ▼
The median age in Lincoln Park, MI is 35.2 years. 11.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Lincoln Park, both outside Michigan so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MI (21.5% here).

Montgomery, AL 21.5% Boulder, CO 21.5% Winchester, VA 21.5% Trotwood, OH 21.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MI ($58,616 here).

New Britain, CT $58,613 Mitchell, SD $58,620 Plymouth, IN $58,623 Hayesville, OR $58,624

Compare Lincoln Park with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Melvindale, MI 10K Allen Park, MI 27K Southgate, MI 29K Wyandotte, MI 25K Dearborn, MI 95K Riverview, MI 12K Taylor, MI 62K Trenton, MI 18K
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Using Lincoln Park's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Lincoln Park area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Wayne County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.