Lincoln TownshipIN
A town of 1,797.
Is Lincoln Township a good place to live?
Lincoln Township’s best subject grade is an A− for civic life. Lincoln Township’s median age is 57.7 years, above both the Indiana town median (39.4 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Among 594 Indiana towns, just 3 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Lincoln Township. A typical home costs about $230K, 3.2 years of the Michigan City metro’s $71K median household income. The biggest park or preserve is Kingsbury Fish and Wildlife Area, at 660 acres. Lincoln Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Lincoln Township stand out
Where Lincoln Township beats most towns.
100% of working residents leave Lincoln Township for work
Where Lincoln Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Lincoln Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Lincoln Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Lincoln Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lincoln Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lincoln Township.
Older than Indiana overall
People 65 and older are 30% of residents (17% statewide); children under 18 are 12% of residents (23% statewide). 34% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Lincoln Township, against 22% in Indiana’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 29% and 50% women
The Census survey reached too few of Lincoln Township’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±10.4 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Lincoln Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.3% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.4% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.7% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.6% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 6.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 24.1% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 21.5% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.9% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.6% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.6% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.5% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.9% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.6% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.8% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Lincoln Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Lincoln Township for work: only 0% work in town. Lincoln Township’s average trip to work is 30 minutes. The top destinations are La Porte (25%), Michigan City (8%) and South Bend (4%).
| Lincoln Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $105,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.9% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Lincoln Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 78% of U.S. communities. Since 1994, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lincoln Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Lincoln Township
Lincoln Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kingsbury Fish and Wildlife Area | — | 660 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lincoln Township ranks healthier than 50% of the country’s towns
Lincoln Township beats the Indiana average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 34% of Lincoln Township adults feel lonely.
| Lincoln Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 32% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Lincoln Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.1% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.4% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Notre Dame Stadium and 20 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lincoln Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaNotre Dame Stadium
16 mi National ParkIndiana Dunes National Park2.6M visitors a year
18 mi CaveGrotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame
24 mi State parkWarren Dunes State Park
22 mi Ancient siteFort St. Joseph
16 mi MuseumStudebaker National MuseumPhoto credits
Notre Dame Stadium: Tysto, Public domain · Indiana Dunes National Park: J. Crocker, Attribution · Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame: Know1one1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Warren Dunes State Park: hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort St. Joseph: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Studebaker National Museum: Unknown, Public domain
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Everything we know about Lincoln Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lincoln Township; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Lincoln Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
About Lincoln Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Lincoln Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,846 (up from 1,794 at 2010) and it contained 966 housing units. It contains the census-designated place of Fish Lake.
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- Area
- 28 sq mi
- Elevation
- 696 ft
Lincoln Township’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Lincoln Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | B− |
| Liberty Township | #132 | A− | B+ | — | A− | B |
| Pleasant Township | #219 | B+ | A | — | B− | C |
| Wills Township | — | — | B+ | — | A | B− |
| Washington Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C |
| Olive Township | #75 | A | B | — | A | B |
| Lincoln Township | #33 | A | A− | — | A− | B− |
| Johnson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Lincoln Township, Wills Township and Washington Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Lincoln Township, Liberty Township, Pleasant Township, Wills Township, Washington Township, Olive Township and Lincoln Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Johnson Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lincoln Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Lincoln Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lincoln Township, IN expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.