LincroftNJ
Settled in 1891, this town now has 6,939 residents.
Is Lincroft a good place to live?
Lincroft’s middle 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 City parkCentral 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.
The typical home in Lincroft: about $1.07M
The share of households in Lincroft who own their home: 89%. Values rose 9.3% in the 12 months to September 2026. A home in Lincroft typically sold within 15 days of listing.
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
Trails run 7.3 miles in 3 parks and preserves. For Lincroft, the density of trails 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: that is Lincroft’s year
Expect July afternoons of 86° and January nights of 25°, with about 29 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most of Lincroft’s workers leave town for work
The average commute in Lincroft is 35 minutes. Just 4% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. This New Jersey town had 2,881 jobs in 2023, up 819 from 2013. Among residents here, 2% live below the poverty line.
| 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
In Lincroft, 28% of adults have obesity. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Lincroft is ahead of New Jersey on 20 and behind on 1.
| 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 losses in Lincroft break down as 36% from strong winds and 32% from inland flooding. 5 flood insurance claims have been paid in the town since 2011. For Lincroft, the FEMA risk score is 47 of 100.
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.