City safety & data profile

LincolnwoodIL

Lincolnwood, IL is a 13K-resident city in Cook County with a median household income of $109,731.

Cook County, Illinois. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Lincolnwood, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Lincolnwood has a population larger than 16% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $496,400.

Data updated 2026-09-03

13K
Population (place)
Bottom 17%
By size
$109,731
Median income (place)
$496,400
Median home (place)
6.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Lincolnwood

Lincolnwood posts a median household income higher than 77% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 23%
by median income, US cities

Where Lincolnwood income ranks nationally

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

$109,731 Top 23% higher than 77% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Lincolnwood $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 IL

Population among 222 IL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Chicago is the largest IL city on this list; Hinsdale leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in IL

Median household income among the same 222-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Hinsdale posts the highest place-level median income in IL; Chicago is largest by headcount.

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

The quick read

Reading Lincolnwood, IL beyond the headline numbers

Lincolnwood sits inside Cook County, Illinois, at roughly 42.00°N, -87.73°W. Population 12,646, $109,731 median household income. Median home value $496,400, median rent $3,501. Poverty rate 6.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 6.3% of Lincolnwood, IL residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

A median home in Lincolnwood runs about 4.5 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

24.8% of Lincolnwood workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 11.3% in Lincolnwood, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

4.1% of Lincolnwood workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 45.6 years, Lincolnwood's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Lincolnwood 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)
12,646
Lincolnwood · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$109,731
+23% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$496,400
+20% vs avg
Median Age (place)
45.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Cook County): Lincolnwood'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
5.2M-1%
Median Income
$83,498+53%
Median Home Value
$324,500+40%
Poverty Rate
13.5%-20%
Unemployment
7%-43%

Economics

Economics indicators for Lincolnwood, IL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$3,501/mo
Poverty Rate
6.3% -49% vs avg
Unemployment 7.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 56.5%
Work From Home 24.8%
Public Transit 4.1%

Population

White 58%
African American 4.3%
Asian 27.5%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
31.5%
Short Sleep Duration
30.1%
Obesity
22%
Physical Inactivity
19.6%
Binge Drinking
15.2%
Diabetes
11.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
11.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
10%
Current Asthma
8.3%
Current Smoking
7.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 71.1%
Annual Checkup 80.8%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
6.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.1%
Stroke
3.2%

What alerts and safety updates affect Lincolnwood?

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

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Sheet IL-LINCOLNWOOD · Lincolnwood

Lincolnwood: 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 Lincolnwood; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Illinois state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Lincolnwood, IL? ▼
Lincolnwood, IL has a population of 12,646 people, located in Cook County, Illinois.
What is the median household income in Lincolnwood? ▼
The median household income in Lincolnwood, IL is $109,731 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 6.3%.
What is the median home value in Lincolnwood? ▼
The median home value in Lincolnwood, IL is $496,400. Median rent is $3,501/month.
What are the top health concerns in Lincolnwood? ▼
The top health indicators in Lincolnwood include High Blood Pressure (31.5%), Short Sleep Duration (30.1%), Obesity (22%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Lincolnwood? ▼
The median age in Lincolnwood, IL is 45.6 years. 56.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside IL (6.3% here).

Redwood City, CA 6.3% West Hartford, CT 6.3% Hendersonville, TN 6.3% Martinez, CA 6.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside IL ($109,731 here).

Roselle Park, NJ $109,679 Pinehurst, NC $109,802 Jefferson, GA $109,828 Washington, DC $109,870

Compare Lincolnwood with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Skokie, IL 65K Albany Park, IL 52K West Ridge, IL 72K Lincoln Square, IL 41K Irving Park, IL 57K Evanston, IL 76K Portage Park, IL 65K Rogers Park, IL 54K
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Using Lincolnwood'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 Lincolnwood 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 (Cook 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.