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Lincoln town, Forest County, WI

1,286 Population
58.2 square miles 22.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±8.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Forest County: 49.3 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,326 ±$4,818 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Forest County: $33,817 ±$1,553
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$79,091 ±$11,423 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Forest County: $61,071 ±$3,187
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12% ±4.2% (150  ±56) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Forest County: 15.2% † 1,400 (±2% / ±181)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.6 minutes ±5.3 (8,965  ±3,203) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Forest County: 25.1 85,045 (±1.7 / ±7,196)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

496 ±73 Number of households
  • Forest County: 4,006 ±148
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.5 (1,254  ±172) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Forest County: 2.3 9,187 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.6% ±3.5% (9  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Forest County: 2.9% † 47 (±1.4% / ±23)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,177 ±114 Number of housing units
  • Forest County: 8,715 ±77
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$212,300 ±$15,665 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Forest County: $185,000 ±$8,741
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.2% ±2.8% (54  ±37.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Forest County: 8.2% † 764 (±1.3% / ±120)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.6% ±17.8% (800  ±104.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Forest County: 90.3% 6,269 (±3.3% / ±230.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.4% ±4.9% (169  ±48.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Forest County: 16.1% 1,121 (±1.5% / ±103.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.7% ±0.6% (9  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Forest County: 0.7% 66
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±2.6% (79  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Forest County: 7.7% † 583 (±0.9% / ±65)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
79 Total veterans ±28 76 Male ±28 3 Female ±4

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