Granite Bay vs Lincoln

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

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

Lincoln has the higher population (51,629 vs 21,378 in Granite Bay). Granite Bay has the higher median household income ($190,000 vs $108,108 in Lincoln). Granite Bay has the higher median home value ($1,094,100 vs $628,500 in Lincoln).

Population, income & housing

	Granite Bay	Lincoln
Population	21,378	51,629
Median age	48.1 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$190,000	$108,108
Median home value	$1,094,100	$628,500
Median gross rent	$2,609	$2,081
Housing units	7,837	20,102
Homeownership rate	90.3%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.0%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granite Bay	Lincoln
Population	23,183 → 21,378 (-7.8%)	47,388 → 51,629 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$143,401 → $190,000 (+32.5%)	$88,734 → $108,108 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$794,000 → $1,094,100 (+37.8%)	$447,600 → $628,500 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,014 → $2,609 (+29.5%)	$1,819 → $2,081 (+14.4%)

Granite Bay

Population

23,18321,378

Median household income

$143,401$190,000

Median home value

$794,000$1,094,100

Median gross rent

$2,014$2,609

Lincoln

Population

47,38851,629

Median household income

$88,734$108,108

Median home value

$447,600$628,500

Median gross rent

$1,819$2,081

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granite Bay	Lincoln
Under 5	4.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	4.5%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	15.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.5%
75 and over	8.6%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granite Bay	Lincoln
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	65.1%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	10.1%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.2%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	19.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granite Bay	Lincoln
No high school diploma	2.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	11.8%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granite Bay	Lincoln
Drove alone	68.8%	72.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	23.5%	18.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granite Bay	Lincoln
1-unit, detached	91.5%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Granite Bay	Lincoln
Poverty rate	5.0%	7.7%
Average household size	2.84	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1987	2004