Lincoln Park vs Salem

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

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

Lincoln Park has the higher population (762 vs 372 in Salem). Since 2019, Lincoln Park's population has grown faster (+45.4% vs -2.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Lincoln Park	Salem
Population	762	372
Median age	45.9 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,006	—
Median home value	—	$90,400
Median gross rent	$757	$473
Housing units	514	170
Homeownership rate	75.6%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincoln Park	Salem
Population	524 → 762 (+45.4%)	382 → 372 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$17,311 → $48,006 (+177.3%)	$31,591 → $36,618 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$144,800 → $145,500 (+0.5%)	$45,500 → $90,400 (+98.7%)
Median gross rent	$445 → $757 (+70.1%)	$434 → $473 (+9.0%)

Lincoln Park

Population

524762

Median household income

$17,311$48,006

Median home value

$144,800$145,500

Median gross rent

$445$757

Salem

Population

382372

Median household income

$31,591$36,618

Median home value

$45,500$90,400

Median gross rent

$434$473

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lincoln Park	Salem
Under 5	6.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.2%
18 to 24	13.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	3.8%
35 to 44	15.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	5.9%
55 to 64	15.9%	31.5%
65 to 74	21.1%	11.0%
75 and over	8.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincoln Park	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	2.2%
Black or African American	100.0%	94.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincoln Park	Salem
No high school diploma	46.3%	39.5%
High school graduate	25.2%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincoln Park	Salem
Drove alone	95.5%	71.8%
Carpooled	4.5%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	26.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincoln Park	Salem
1-unit, detached	71.0%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	22.6%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	34.7%

Poverty & households

	Lincoln Park	Salem
Poverty rate	18.8%	13.7%
Average household size	1.77	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	38	25
Median year structure built	1957	1993