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Lincoln Park gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $152K, 2 years of the Detroit metro’s $77K median household income. It grades C− overall, 626th among Michigan's 697 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 86% of the country, and its police reported 238 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 86% of U.S. towns. Lincoln Park’s violent crime rate is 6.2 per 1,000 residents, above both the Michigan town median (1.9) and the median of U.S. towns (1.6). On civic life, just 5 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns do worse. Lincoln Park Post Office is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Lincoln Park beats most towns.
Lincoln Park Post OfficeWhere Lincoln Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Lincoln Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 12,336 in 1930, a peak of 53,933 in 1960, 40,245 in 2020. The archive holds 14 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and a map from 1985 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lincoln Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaMichigan Stadium
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaFord Field
10 mi Stadium & arenaComerica Park
5 mi MuseumThe Henry Ford1.8M visitors a year
9 mi TheatreFox Theatre
10 mi MuseumDetroit Institute of ArtsMichigan Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ford Field: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Comerica Park: City of Detroit, Public domain · The Henry Ford: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fox Theatre: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Detroit Institute of Arts: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lincoln Park, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Lincoln Park.
13% of Lincoln Park adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. Lincoln Park beats the Michigan average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 19. 77% of Lincoln Park adults had a checkup this year.
| Lincoln Park | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 19% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lincoln Park | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.2% | 8.9% |
| More uninsured adults | 12.5% | 6.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the School District of the City of Lincoln Park. Two of its 11 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Park Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,089 | C− |
| Lincoln Park High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,384 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Lincoln Park’s property crime rate is 16.6 per 1,000 residents. Lincoln Park reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 86% report less.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
At 2 years of the Detroit metro’s $77K median household income, the typical home (about $152K) costs less against local pay than in 95% of Michigan towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living.
The typical Lincoln Park home is worth about $152,000, up 1.1% in a year, 43% below the Michigan typical home. 69% of households own their home in Lincoln Park.
| Lincoln Park | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 69% | 84% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,023 a month | $1,047 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Lincoln Park for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2011, Lincoln Park has lost 722 jobs, to 4,641 in 2021. The median household income in Lincoln Park is $59,000.
| Lincoln Park | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 22% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 7.7% | 10% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4% | 5.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
1.0 miles of trail in 15 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Council Point Park, at 33 acres.
| Lincoln Park | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.5% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Memorial Park | 0.4 mi | 13 |
| 2. Youth Center Park | 0.3 mi | 20 |
| 3. Council Point Park | — | 33 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lincoln Park has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 20° and about 54 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. Since 2000, 38 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lincoln Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
9 within 15 miles of the center of Lincoln Park
About 5 of every 100 Lincoln Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
6 notable people were born in Lincoln Park.
City in Michigan, United States
Lincoln Park is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A Downriver suburb of Detroit, Lincoln Park is located roughly 11 miles (17.7 km) southwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, Lincoln Park had a population of 40,245, and was the second most-densely populated municipality in the state, after Hamtramck. Lincoln Park contains Council Point Park, which dates back to 1763 when Chief Pontiac met with other tribal leaders along the banks of the Ecorse River to plot a rebellion against increasing European settlers, specifically those in nearby Fort Detroit. The Potawatomi eventually ceded the land to the French in 1776. Lincoln Park is considered part of the Downriver …
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6 towns share a border with Lincoln Park.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Park | #626 | C− | A− | D | C+ | D |
| Wyandotte | #301 | B | B+ | B | B− | C+ |
| Ecorse | #622 | C− | A− | — | D | D− |
| Detroit | #680 | D | B+ | D− | C− | D− |
| Allen Park | #382 | B− | B− | C+ | B− | B+ |
| Melvindale | #654 | D | B | C | C | D− |
| Southgate | #559 | C | B− | C− | C | B− |
Ecorse reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Lincoln Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Lincoln Park grades C− overall, better than 15% of U.S. towns and #626 of 697 in Michigan. It grades D for health, D for safety and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
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−.
Lincoln Park was incorporated in 1921 and has 1 place on the National Register of Historic Places. 6 notable people were born here, including Bill Morrison and Arnold Earley.
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