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A town of 3,151, settled in 1950.
Lincoln Heights gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $120K, 1.5 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. It grades C overall, 815th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. On CDC estimates, its residents' health ranks in the bottom 2% nationally, and the median household income is $27K, and 41% of residents live below the poverty line. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. 41% of residents live below the poverty line in Lincoln Heights, above both the Ohio town median (9.1%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Only 60 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on history.
Where Lincoln Heights beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Lincoln Heights | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 37.8% | 8.3% |
Where Lincoln Heights’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Lincoln Heights is from typical.
Its grades run from A for hazard risk (better than 94% of comparable towns) to D− for health (better than 1%), so the C overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 5,531 in 1950, a peak of 7,798 in 1960, 3,144 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 6 maps from 1898 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lincoln Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
11 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
11 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
8 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
7 mi Zoo & aquariumCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden1.2M visitors a year
10 mi Stadium & arenaTQL StadiumKings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · TQL Stadium: Cornfield948, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lincoln Heights, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Lincoln Heights.
Lincoln Heights has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it has poverty well above the Ohio rate.
The share of adults in Lincoln Heights who have obesity: 56%. Of the 993 Ohio towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults who have diabetes than Lincoln Heights. This Ohio town beats the Ohio average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 24.
| Lincoln Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 20% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 16% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 56% | 38% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Lincoln Heights | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 9.4% | 16.6% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.2% | 8.7% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 37.8% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools: the Princeton City school district. Its one school is below. Lincoln Heights’ only public school teaches 229 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Heights Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 229 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
At 1.5 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income, the typical home (about $120K) costs less against local pay than in 99% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living. Its typical home is the least expensive on its borders; Lockland is next at $159K.
In Lincoln Heights, the going rate for rent is $810 a month. A typical home locally is worth about $120,000, about the same as a year ago, 51% below the Ohio typical home. Homes sold in Lincoln Heights spent a median 34 days on the market.
| Lincoln Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 26% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $810 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Households in Lincoln Heights have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2008. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage locally than in 91% of U.S. communities. Just over a third of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 27%.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The top destinations are Cincinnati (21%), Blue Ash (5%) and Springdale (5%). Lincoln Heights had 809 jobs in 2023, down 112 from 2013. The mean commuting time for Lincoln Heights comes to 20 minutes. Among 992 Ohio towns, just one has a lower middle household income than Lincoln Heights.
| Lincoln Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $27,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lincoln Heights’ typical July afternoon high stands at 87°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Count the trails in 3 parks and preserves and they come to 0.2 miles. Parks and preserves in Lincoln Heights: 3, covering 12 acres. Lincoln Heights’ trail density comes in at 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Lincoln Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.5% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wyoming Park | 0.1 mi | 10 |
| 2. Serenity Park | — | 1 |
| 3. Mangham Road Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
16 within 15 miles of the center of Lincoln Heights
About 1 of every 100 Lincoln Heights residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Village in Ohio, United States
Lincoln Heights is a village in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,144 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Cincinnati.
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4 towns share a border with Lincoln Heights.
Wyoming next door grades higher for schools (A+ to Lincoln Heights’s B−) and lower for cost of living (C to A−).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Heights | #815 | C | A− | — | B− | D− |
| Lockland | #907 | C− | A | D | C− | D |
| Woodlawn | #955 | D | C− | D | B− | C+ |
| Evendale | #696 | C+ | C− | D− | B− | A |
| Wyoming | #16 | A+ | C | A− | A+ | A |
Lincoln Heights reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Lincoln Heights with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Lincoln Heights grades C overall, better than 30% of U.S. towns and #815 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D− for health and B− 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−.
2 notable people were born here, including Darryl Hardy and Carl Westmoreland.
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