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Lincoln town, Middlesex County, MA

6,868 Population
14.2 square miles 482.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$86,719 ±$16,552 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Middlesex County: $54,433 ±$526
  • nearly double the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$140,888 ±$24,863 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Middlesex County: $106,202 ±$1,144
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

4.9% ±3.2% (335  ±222) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Middlesex County: 7.3% 112,373 (±0.3% / ±4,761)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

28.4 minutes ±3.9 (68,590  ±12,558) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 31.2 24,443,805 (±0.2 / ±200,960)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

2,569 ±149 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 611,850 ±1,348
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.7 ±0.2 (6,853  ±33) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,547,964 (±0 / ±1,390)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

3.2% ±2.7% (45  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.5% 18,094 (±0.2% / ±892)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

2,637 ±149 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 641,278 ±560
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$988,100 ±$105,857 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Middlesex County: $540,300 ±$3,956
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

14.6% ±4.8% (998  ±328.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 13.5% 214,734 (±0.3% / ±5,036)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

99% ±8.6% (4,527  ±450.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 93.7% 1,058,146 (±0.6% / ±7,204.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
76.1% ±7.2% (3,478  ±370) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Middlesex County: 57.1% 644,709 (±0.5% / ±5,258)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

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

10.9% ±2.7% (745  ±183) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Middlesex County: 21.3% 341,278 (±0.3% / ±4,868)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

11.4% ±3.2% (517  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Middlesex County: 4.3% 54,833 (±0.1% / ±1,830)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
517 Total veterans ±148 463 Male ±147 54 Female ±38

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