LincroftNJ
A town of 6,939, settled in 1891.
Is Lincroft a good place to live?
Lincroft’s median household income is $189,000, above both the New Jersey town median ($113,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). 18% of the land in Lincroft is conserved, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest place to walk is Thompson Park, 318 acres with 6 miles of trail. We don’t grade Lincroft yet; the figures below are still real.
Lincroft has grown 15% from 2010 to 2020
6,135 counted in 2010 and 7,060 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Madison Square Garden and 516 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lincroft. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw32 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw18 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw31 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw32 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Madison 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 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Moving to Lincroft: who provides what
Lincroft is unincorporated, so Monmouth County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Lincroft.
A typical Lincroft home is worth about $1.07M
The typical Lincroft home is worth about $1,070,000, up 9.3% in a year, 86% above the New Jersey typical home. 89% of Lincroft households own their home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lincroft has set aside 17.7% of its land for conservation
7.3 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The trail density in Lincroft is 1.3 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Thompson Park | 6 mi | 318 |
| 2. West Front Street Park | — | 7 |
| 3. Lincroft Village Green | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Lincroft
Lincroft has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 25° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of Lincroft
Most working residents leave Lincroft for work: only 4% work in town. Lincroft’s average trip to work is 35 minutes. Jobs based in Lincroft grew to 2,881 in 2023, 819 more than in 2013.
| Lincroft | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A smaller share of adults in Lincroft sleep under 7 hours than in the typical New Jersey or U.S. town
29% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Lincroft. Lincroft beats the New Jersey average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 16% of adults get no exercise outside work in Lincroft.
| Lincroft | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 36% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | Lincroft | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 3.8% | 9.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.1% | 14.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lincroft faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by strong wind
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 53% of U.S. communities. Since 2011, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lincroft.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Lincroft
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Lincroft
About 3 of every 100 Lincroft residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Lincroft’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Lincroft.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincroft | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Middletown Township | #93 | A | C− | A− | B+ | A |
| Colts Neck Township | #120 | A | D− | A | B+ | A+ |
| Tinton Falls | #219 | B+ | D | — | B | A |
| Holmdel Township | #66 | A | D− | A− | A | A+ |
Tinton Falls reports no FBI crime data of its own. Lincroft isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lincroft with a neighbor →
Questions about Lincroft
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lincroft, NJ a good place to live?
We don’t grade Lincroft yet; the figures below are still real.