Childersburg vs Lincoln

A side-by-side comparison of Childersburg and Lincoln: population, income, housing, and more.

Childersburg and Lincoln are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lincoln has the higher population (7,135 vs 4,694 in Childersburg). Lincoln has the higher median household income ($60,793 vs $49,178 in Childersburg). Lincoln has the higher median home value ($181,900 vs $131,300 in Childersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Childersburg	Lincoln
Population	4,694	7,135
Median age	38.4 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,178	$60,793
Median home value	$131,300	$181,900
Median gross rent	$795	$911
Housing units	2,110	3,315
Homeownership rate	65.6%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Childersburg	Lincoln
Population	4,908 → 4,694 (-4.4%)	6,681 → 7,135 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$31,163 → $49,178 (+57.8%)	$64,924 → $60,793 (-6.4%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $131,300 (+21.8%)	$131,000 → $181,900 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$506 → $795 (+57.1%)	$856 → $911 (+6.4%)

Childersburg

Population

4,9084,694

Median household income

$31,163$49,178

Median home value

$107,800$131,300

Median gross rent

$506$795

Lincoln

Population

6,6817,135

Median household income

$64,924$60,793

Median home value

$131,000$181,900

Median gross rent

$856$911

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Childersburg	Lincoln
Under 5	6.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	22.9%
18 to 24	11.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	16.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.8%	14.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.1%
75 and over	6.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Childersburg	Lincoln
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	64.6%
Black or African American	40.8%	24.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Childersburg	Lincoln
No high school diploma	18.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	34.3%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Childersburg	Lincoln
Drove alone	82.5%	88.5%
Carpooled	13.8%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	1.2%
Other means	2.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Childersburg	Lincoln
1-unit, detached	72.8%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	25.1%

Poverty & households

	Childersburg	Lincoln
Poverty rate	19.4%	15.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1972	1990