Lincoln Park Post Office · Photo: Andrew Jameson · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Lincoln Park (8.4%) is higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in Lincoln Park; the top destination outside it is Detroit (15%, 10 miles). For jobs and income Lincoln Park is better than 27% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (B). Household incomes here are lower than in 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Lincoln Park, in brief
The four measures behind Lincoln Park’s grade
Job access by car holds Lincoln Park’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lincoln Park could be anywhere from C− to C.
The places Lincoln Park commutes to
Where Lincoln Park clocks in
8% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Lincoln Park by day and by night
On a workday 14,039 residents head out to work, 585 work right here, and 4,056 people come in from elsewhere.
About 29,000 people are in Lincoln Park on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.32 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Jobs in Lincoln Park: what the 4,641 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lincoln Park, 2011 → 2021: 5,363 → 4,641. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lincoln Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Lincoln Park: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lincoln Park workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14,650 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Lincoln Park commutes less than 11 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Lincoln Park, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 15,869 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 6% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.3% of Lincoln Park households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Lincoln Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Lincoln Park ranks: 977th of 1,113 U.S. towns of 27,000 to 52,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Northville Township MI | 31,399 | $151K | 3.1% | 2.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Bloomfield Township MI | 43,904 | $163K | 4.8% | 3.6% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | Independence Township MI | 37,725 | $115K | 4.3% | 2.9% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 975 | Mishawaka IN | 51,226 | $54K | 16.4% | 6.8% | 21% | C |
| 976 | Dania Beach FL | 32,791 | $53K | 19.3% | 8.3% | 6% | C |
| 977 | Lincoln Park MI | 38,529 | $59K | 21.5% | 8.4% | 4% | C |
| 978 | Ridgecrest CA | 28,333 | $89K | 12.5% | 7.6% | 44% | C |
| 979 | Norwich CT | 40,001 | $65K | 16.7% | 8.2% | 18% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,113 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lincoln Park, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
23% of Lincoln Park works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lincoln Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Park | – | C | B | 24 min | $58,616 |
| Wyandotte | 3% | B | B+ | 24 min | $71,987 |
| Ecorse | under 3% | C− | A− | 23 min | $40,241 |
| Detroit | 15% | C− | A+ | 25 min | $39,938 |
| Allen Park | 2% | B+ | C+ | 24 min | $81,655 |
| Melvindale | under 3% | C− | B+ | 25 min | $42,185 |
| Southgate | 3% | B | B+ | 24 min | $66,118 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Detroit. Darker towns draw more of Lincoln Park’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lincoln Park: questions
What is the median household income in Lincoln Park?
$58,616 (±$3,197) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lincoln Park?
21.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lincoln Park?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lincoln Park work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Detroit (15%, 10 mi), Dearborn (8%, 5 mi), Taylor (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Lincoln Park walkable?
Lincoln Park is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lincoln Park without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lincoln Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lincoln Park
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.