Lincoln Park vs Penrose

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

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

Lincoln Park has the higher population (4,315 vs 3,978 in Penrose). Penrose has the higher median household income ($75,109 vs $64,750 in Lincoln Park). Penrose has the higher median home value ($276,100 vs $272,000 in Lincoln Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lincoln Park	Penrose
Population	4,315	3,978
Median age	55.3 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,750	$75,109
Median home value	$272,000	$276,100
Median gross rent	$1,120	—
Housing units	1,920	1,541
Homeownership rate	81.3%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincoln Park	Penrose
Population	3,283 → 4,315 (+31.4%)	3,034 → 3,978 (+31.1%)
Median household income	$50,042 → $64,750 (+29.4%)	$66,481 → $75,109 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$190,000 → $272,000 (+43.2%)	$195,000 → $276,100 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$526 → $1,120 (+112.9%)	$1,070 → $1,218 (+13.8%)

Lincoln Park

Population

3,2834,315

Median household income

$50,042$64,750

Median home value

$190,000$272,000

Median gross rent

$526$1,120

Penrose

Population

3,0343,978

Median household income

$66,481$75,109

Median home value

$195,000$276,100

Median gross rent

$1,070$1,218

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lincoln Park	Penrose
Under 5	3.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	10.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	4.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	11.4%	6.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	17.9%	16.8%
65 to 74	18.3%	11.0%
75 and over	13.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincoln Park	Penrose
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	89.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincoln Park	Penrose
No high school diploma	3.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	38.8%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincoln Park	Penrose
Drove alone	66.0%	82.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	11.0%
Other means	2.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincoln Park	Penrose
1-unit, detached	69.1%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.5%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	Lincoln Park	Penrose
Poverty rate	19.5%	12.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1972	1985