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Lincoln, IL

13,406 Population
6.2 square miles 2,146 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 40.5 ±0.9
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,904 ±$3,437 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: $34,109 ±$1,770
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$54,390 ±$3,811 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: $64,188 ±$3,133
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

18.2% ±3.1% (2,239  ±389) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 13.7% † 3,346 (±1.7% / ±426)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

18.9 minutes ±1.9 (115,255  ±13,259) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 21.4 240,675 (±1.3 / ±16,568)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

5,972 ±187 Number of households
  • the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 11,122 ±175
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.1 ±0.1 (12,410  ±285) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 2.2 24,564 (±0 / ±163)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

7.6% ±4.1% (217  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 6.6% † 420 (±2% / ±130)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

6,297 ±170 Number of housing units
  • the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 11,984 ±87
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$111,600 ±$10,211 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: $125,900 ±$5,825
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

15.6% ±3.1% (2,073  ±409.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 14.4% † 3,964 (±2% / ±550.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

93.5% ±5.3% (8,272  ±546.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 91.5% 17,928 (±3.5% / ±698.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
18.2% ±3.1% (1,614  ±277.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 19.9% 3,893 (±1.8% / ±347.6)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

1.6% ±0.8% (214  ±105) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 1.6% 447
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

6.5% ±1.5% (712  ±164) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lincoln, IL Micro Area: 6% † 1,347 (±0.8% / ±186)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
712 Total veterans ±164 698 Male ±164 14 Female ±23

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