Elkhart vs Lincoln

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

Elkhart 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 442 in Elkhart). Elkhart has the higher median household income ($98,750 vs $54,390 in Lincoln). Elkhart has the higher median home value ($123,200 vs $111,600 in Lincoln).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhart	Lincoln
Population	442	13,406
Median age	45.3 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$98,750	$54,390
Median home value	$123,200	$111,600
Median gross rent	$768	$804
Housing units	216	6,297
Homeownership rate	78.4%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhart	Lincoln
Population	482 → 442 (-8.3%)	13,652 → 13,406 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$68,250 → $98,750 (+44.7%)	$48,931 → $54,390 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$110,200 → $123,200 (+11.8%)	$88,300 → $111,600 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $768 (+9.7%)	$692 → $804 (+16.2%)

Elkhart

Population

482442

Median household income

$68,250$98,750

Median home value

$110,200$123,200

Median gross rent

$700$768

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)

	Elkhart	Lincoln
Under 5	4.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.8%	13.7%
18 to 24	2.5%	15.6%
25 to 34	8.8%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.0%
45 to 54	18.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.8%
75 and over	6.8%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhart	Lincoln
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhart	Lincoln
No high school diploma	3.1%	6.5%
High school graduate	30.0%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhart	Lincoln
Drove alone	79.9%	76.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.4%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhart	Lincoln
1-unit, detached	96.8%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Elkhart	Lincoln
Poverty rate	3.6%	18.2%
Average household size	2.22	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1957	1966