What is the population of Lincoln city?

Lincoln city has 13,406 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #184 of 1,462 in Illinois.

What is the median household income in Lincoln city?

Median household income in Lincoln city is $54,390 a year, 30.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lincoln city?

Median gross rent is $804 a month and the median home value is $111,600, so rent absorbs about 17.7% of median household income.

Is Lincoln city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lincoln city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Lincoln, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Lincoln, Illinois (Lincoln, IL — Census place “Lincoln city”) is 13,406 residents, ranking #184 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $54,390, the median home is worth $111,600 and median gross rent runs $804 a month. Looking for the Lincoln Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lincoln, IL: 62656.

Population: 13,406Lincoln city residents
Median household income: $54,390Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $111,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $804Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 58.1%Owner-occupied households

Lincoln ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lincoln.

The Lincoln IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

62656

What the numbers mean in Lincoln city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Lincoln city median would spend about 17.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18.2% of residents and 58.1% 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 city, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Lincoln city is a mid-size town in Illinois, with 13,406 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #184 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 38.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Lincoln city earn a median of $54,390 a year, 30.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 27% below the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 18.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lincoln city is valued at $111,600, 63.2% below the national figure and 38% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $804 a month, 42.8% below the national figure, or roughly $9,648 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 58.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Lincoln city?: Lincoln city has 13,406 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #184 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Lincoln city?: Median household income in Lincoln city is $54,390 a year, 30.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lincoln city?: Median gross rent is $804 a month and the median home value is $111,600, so rent absorbs about 17.7% of median household income.
Is Lincoln city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lincoln city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Lincoln city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.