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Lincoln, DE population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Lincoln, Delaware (Lincoln, DE — Census place “Lincoln CDP”) is 1,639 residents, ranking #46 of 79 places in Delaware. Median household income is $74,712, the median home is worth $261,400 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Lincoln Delaware ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lincoln, DE: 19960.
- Population
- 1,639Lincoln CDP residents
- Median household income
- $74,712Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $261,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 28.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 87.4%Owner-occupied households
Lincoln ZIP codes (Delaware)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lincoln.
The Lincoln DE ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Lincoln CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
The median home costs 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 4% of residents and 87.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Lincoln CDP, DE in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Lincoln CDP is a small town in Delaware, with 1,639 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #46 of 79 ranked by population — larger than 42% of them. The median age here is 28.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Lincoln CDP earn a median of $74,712 a year, 4.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $75,000 median for the 54 Delaware cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Lincoln CDP is valued at $261,400, 13.8% below the national figure and 7% below the $280,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 87.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
A median age of 28.4 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.
The Census withheld gross rent for Lincoln CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Delaware.
- St. Georges CDP 1,564
- Woodside East CDP 1,680
- Bellefonte town 1,507
- Wyoming town 1,789
- Rehoboth Beach city 1,388
- Greenwood town 1,800
- Dagsboro town 1,350
- Cheswold town 1,833
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Lincoln CDP?
- Lincoln CDP has 1,639 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #46 of 79 in Delaware.
- What is the median household income in Lincoln CDP?
- Median household income in Lincoln CDP is $74,712 a year, 4.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lincoln CDP?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $261,400.
- Is Lincoln CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lincoln CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
- How current is this Lincoln CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.