Greenwood vs Lincoln

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

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

Greenwood has the higher population (1,800 vs 1,639 in Lincoln). Lincoln has the higher median household income ($74,712 vs $72,063 in Greenwood). Lincoln has the higher median home value ($261,400 vs $230,000 in Greenwood).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood	Lincoln
Population	1,800	1,639
Median age	32.4 yrs	28.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,063	$74,712
Median home value	$230,000	$261,400
Median gross rent	$1,318	—
Housing units	684	375
Homeownership rate	43.7%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	2.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood	Lincoln
Population	1,225 → 1,800 (+46.9%)	605 → 1,639 (+170.9%)
Median household income	$50,357 → $72,063 (+43.1%)	$55,075 → $74,712 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $230,000 (+47.2%)	$150,600 → $261,400 (+73.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,318 (+23.4%)	—

Greenwood

Population

1,2251,800

Median household income

$50,357$72,063

Median home value

$156,300$230,000

Median gross rent

$1,068$1,318

Lincoln

Population

6051,639

Median household income

$55,075$74,712

Median home value

$150,600$261,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwood	Lincoln
Under 5	12.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	27.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	12.0%
25 to 34	17.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	6.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	3.4%
55 to 64	8.6%	21.7%
65 to 74	5.9%	4.3%
75 and over	2.1%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood	Lincoln
White (non-Hispanic)	42.3%	17.7%
Black or African American	27.8%	70.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood	Lincoln
No high school diploma	17.1%	9.5%
High school graduate	33.5%	61.1%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood	Lincoln
Drove alone	73.7%	99.8%
Carpooled	18.5%	0.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood	Lincoln
1-unit, detached	50.4%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	21.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	37.6%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood	Lincoln
Poverty rate	5.4%	4.0%
Average household size	2.77	4.79
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	1992	1982