Atlanta vs Lincoln

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

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

Lincoln has the higher population (13,406 vs 1,738 in Atlanta). Atlanta has the higher median household income ($64,091 vs $54,390 in Lincoln). Atlanta has the higher median home value ($123,400 vs $111,600 in Lincoln).

Population, income & housing

	Atlanta	Lincoln
Population	1,738	13,406
Median age	37.7 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,091	$54,390
Median home value	$123,400	$111,600
Median gross rent	$823	$804
Housing units	796	6,297
Homeownership rate	82.3%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlanta	Lincoln
Population	2,063 → 1,738 (-15.8%)	13,652 → 13,406 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$50,859 → $64,091 (+26.0%)	$48,931 → $54,390 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $123,400 (+29.5%)	$88,300 → $111,600 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $823 (+10.5%)	$692 → $804 (+16.2%)

Atlanta

Population

2,0631,738

Median household income

$50,859$64,091

Median home value

$95,300$123,400

Median gross rent

$745$823

Lincoln

Population

13,65213,406

Median household income

$48,931$54,390

Median home value

$88,300$111,600

Median gross rent

$692$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlanta	Lincoln
Under 5	8.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.8%	15.6%
25 to 34	8.5%	12.4%
35 to 44	18.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	9.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.8%
75 and over	7.4%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlanta	Lincoln
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlanta	Lincoln
No high school diploma	5.1%	6.5%
High school graduate	43.4%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlanta	Lincoln
Drove alone	78.3%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.3%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.4%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	5.9%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlanta	Lincoln
1-unit, detached	87.7%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Atlanta	Lincoln
Poverty rate	13.1%	18.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1960	1966