Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
3.3 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Kansas town.
Lincoln Center’s best subject grades are an A+ for cost of living and civic life and an A for history; its weakest is a D for incomes. Lincoln Center’s concentration of trails is 5.1 miles per square mile, against 0.3 in Kansas’ towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. On history, just 14 of Kansas’ 373 towns do better. Lincoln Center has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Lincoln Center beats most towns.
Lincoln County CourthouseIn a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Lincoln Center is from typical.
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Census counts: 422 in 1880, a peak of 1,761 in 1940, 1,171 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 1881 and 3 maps from 1894 on.
7 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lincoln Center, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Lincoln Center.
Its two schools are below. The Lincoln school district runs its public schools. 2 public schools serve Lincoln Center, with 336 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln ElemLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 155 | A |
| Lincoln Jr/Sr HighLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 181 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
34% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hail at 27%. Lincoln Center’s FEMA hazard score is 74 of 100, above both the Kansas town median (49 of 100) and the median of U.S. towns (44 of 100). Households locally have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2007.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
14% of Lincoln Center adults binge drink. Among 151 Kansas towns, just 7 have a higher share of adults who have diabetes than Lincoln Center. This Kansas town does better than the Kansas average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 9.
| Lincoln Center | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 34% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 26% | 25% |
| What stands out | Lincoln Center | KS |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.6% | 77.6% |
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 86.3% | 84.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.3% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its typical July afternoon high stands at 93°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Only 6 of the 152 Kansas towns we compare have a lower typical household income than Lincoln Center. Just 19% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Lincoln Center dropped by 136, to 374. Half of commuters travel less than 32 miles.
| Lincoln Center | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $49,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 19% | 15% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Lincoln Center; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Lincoln Center residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
7 places in Lincoln Center on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Lincoln County, Kansas
Lincoln Center, more commonly known as Lincoln, is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,171.
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3.3 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Kansas town.
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 A+.
2 notable people were born here, including Jessa Crispin and Don G. Abel.
