Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lincoln Park grades A overall, 119th among New Jersey's 466 graded towns. It has 8 miles of trail and 34% conserved land. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 92% of the country and it reports less crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $537K, 5.4 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 34% of the land in Lincoln Park is conserved, above both New Jersey’s towns (11%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Only 20 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score lower on hazard risk. Lincoln Park is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 90% of U.S. towns.
Where Lincoln Park beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
33.6% of the town is conserved land, across 11 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Lincoln Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,831 in 1930, 10,915 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 8 maps from 1888 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 draw20 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw20 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw20 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw20 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw21 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumMadison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0
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 Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Lincoln Park.
Lincoln Park pairs an A overall with homes cheaper than the New Jersey norm and keeps more of its land conserved than most of New Jersey, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New Jersey (mostly inland flooding).
Within New Jersey it is healthier than 63% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
24% of adults have obesity in Lincoln Park, below both the New Jersey town median (28%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). 16% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Lincoln Park. Lincoln Park beats the New Jersey average on 12 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Lincoln Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 28% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 36% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | Lincoln Park | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.3% | 14.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.1% | 12.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its A− for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $537K.
Its public schools are run by the Lincoln Park School District. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Park Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 500 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
Its 1,481 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 88% of New Jersey towns.
8.0 miles of trail in 11 parks and preserves. Lincoln Park’s trail density is 1.2 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Great Piece Meadows Preserve, at 781 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lanes Field | 0.6 mi | 15 |
| 2. Lynn Park | 0.4 mi | 7 |
| 3. Great Piece Meadows Preserve | — | 781 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Reported crimes fell from 92 to 31 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.1 per 1,000 residents.
The property crime rate in Lincoln Park is 2.7 per 1,000 residents.
| Lincoln Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.7 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.1 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of New Jersey towns, with expected losses of about $657 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on. 2,935 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 349 properties have flooded more than once.
Since 1978, 2,935 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lincoln Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Lincoln Park for work: only 7% work in town. 2.9% of Lincoln Park residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are New York (6%), Wayne Township (5%) and Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (3%).
| Lincoln Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $123,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.9% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 12% | 17% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lincoln Park has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 21° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Children under 18 are 16% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 23% of residents (17% statewide). 45% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 44% across New Jersey.
| Lincoln Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 16% | 21% | 22% |
| Median age | 48.3 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 45% | 45% | 29% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Lincoln Park | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.9% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.6% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.7% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.8% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.3% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.4% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.5% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.9% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.9% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.8% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.5% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 13% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.5% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 30.2% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.9% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Lincoln Park grades A overall with a typical home of about $537K, below the New Jersey typical value; only 24 of the 132 New Jersey towns graded A− or better can say that. Its typical home is the least expensive on its borders; Wayne Township is next at $747K.
Typical home values rose 1.7% in the year to September 2026.
| Lincoln Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,857 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 79% | 77% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
24 within 15 miles of the center of Lincoln Park
About 6 of every 100 Lincoln Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Where Lincoln Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Borough in Morris County, New Jersey, US
Lincoln Park is a borough in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 10,915, an increase of 394 (+3.7%) from the 2010 census count of 10,521, which in turn reflected a decline of 409 (−3.7%) from the 10,930 counted in the 2000 census. Lincoln Park was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 11, 1922, from portions of Pequannock Township. The borough was reincorporated on February 26, 1925. The borough was named for President Abraham Lincoln. The borough is situated in the easternmost part of Morris County bordering both Essex and Passaic counties along the Passaic and Pompton rivers.…
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7 towns share a border with Lincoln Park.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Park | #119 | A | D | A | A− | A |
| Fairfield Township | #216 | B+ | D− | B− | A− | A+ |
| Wayne Township | #214 | B+ | D− | C+ | B+ | A+ |
| Pequannock Township | #92 | A | D− | A | A− | A |
| Towaco | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Montville Township | #112 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Pompton Plains | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kinnelon | #48 | A | D− | A+ | A | A+ |
Montville Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Towaco and Pompton Plains aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lincoln Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lincoln Park grades A overall, better than 87% of U.S. towns and #119 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A for health, A for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
2 notable people were born here, including Jim Kiick and Eric Klenofsky.
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