Elm Springs vs Lincoln

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

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

Elm Springs has the higher population (3,000 vs 2,862 in Lincoln). Elm Springs has the higher median household income ($112,917 vs $59,688 in Lincoln). Elm Springs has the higher median home value ($362,400 vs $151,000 in Lincoln).

Population, income & housing

	Elm Springs	Lincoln
Population	3,000	2,862
Median age	43.0 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$112,917	$59,688
Median home value	$362,400	$151,000
Median gross rent	$908	$1,080
Housing units	961	1,093
Homeownership rate	94.3%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.2%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elm Springs	Lincoln
Population	2,399 → 3,000 (+25.1%)	2,444 → 2,862 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$106,875 → $112,917 (+5.7%)	$32,361 → $59,688 (+84.4%)
Median home value	$294,900 → $362,400 (+22.9%)	$103,600 → $151,000 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $908 (+24.2%)	$781 → $1,080 (+38.3%)

Elm Springs

Population

2,3993,000

Median household income

$106,875$112,917

Median home value

$294,900$362,400

Median gross rent

$731$908

Lincoln

Population

2,4442,862

Median household income

$32,361$59,688

Median home value

$103,600$151,000

Median gross rent

$781$1,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elm Springs	Lincoln
Under 5	2.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	24.1%	21.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	7.7%	16.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	15.1%	8.9%
55 to 64	16.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	8.3%	7.4%
75 and over	5.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elm Springs	Lincoln
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	64.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	22.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elm Springs	Lincoln
No high school diploma	8.7%	14.9%
High school graduate	23.1%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elm Springs	Lincoln
Drove alone	80.0%	87.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	5.9%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elm Springs	Lincoln
1-unit, detached	95.3%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Elm Springs	Lincoln
Poverty rate	12.8%	19.7%
Average household size	3.17	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	2002	1979