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Lincoln town, Middlesex County, MA

6,948 Population
14.2 square miles 488.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 38.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$105,678 ±$22,741 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Middlesex County: $69,556 ±$581
  • nearly double the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$175,117 ±$43,879 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Middlesex County: $130,847 ±$1,164
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

2.3% ±1.5% (157  ±101) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Middlesex County: 7.7% 122,596 (±0.3% / ±4,532)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

25.8 minutes ±5 (53,440  ±14,097) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 29.9 20,027,116 (±0.2 / ±201,745)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

2,693 ±233 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 634,215 ±1,681
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.5 ±0.2 (6,730  ±36) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,578,949 (±0 / ±254)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

3.6% ±3.5% (57  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.6% 18,523 (±0.3% / ±1,052)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

2,880 ±238 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 664,267 ±238
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$1,208,200 ±$132,051 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Middlesex County: $727,800 ±$3,891
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

14.8% ±6.3% (1,026  ±434.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 12.8% 207,868 (±0.4% / ±5,782)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

97.6% ±8.2% (4,573  ±506) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 93.2% 1,081,524 (±0.7% / ±7,546)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
76.2% ±7.3% (3,570  ±427.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Middlesex County: 59.5% 690,381 (±0.5% / ±5,529.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14.5% ±4.8% (1,007  ±335) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Middlesex County: 23.1% 378,142
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

7.6% ±2.7% (346  ±128) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Middlesex County: 3.3% 43,892 (±0.1% / ±1,337)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
346 Total veterans ±128 307 Male ±119 39 Female ±40

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