Emden vs Lincoln

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

Emden 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 374 in Emden). Emden has the higher median household income ($68,875 vs $54,390 in Lincoln). Lincoln has the higher median home value ($111,600 vs $111,300 in Emden).

Population, income & housing

	Emden	Lincoln
Population	374	13,406
Median age	35.9 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,875	$54,390
Median home value	$111,300	$111,600
Median gross rent	$850	$804
Housing units	190	6,297
Homeownership rate	69.8%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emden	Lincoln
Population	468 → 374 (-20.1%)	13,652 → 13,406 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$56,346 → $68,875 (+22.2%)	$48,931 → $54,390 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$96,500 → $111,300 (+15.3%)	$88,300 → $111,600 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $850 (+21.4%)	$692 → $804 (+16.2%)

Emden

Population

468374

Median household income

$56,346$68,875

Median home value

$96,500$111,300

Median gross rent

$700$850

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)

	Emden	Lincoln
Under 5	8.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	9.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	15.6%
25 to 34	18.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	6.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	13.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	12.6%	11.8%
75 and over	9.1%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emden	Lincoln
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	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	2.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emden	Lincoln
No high school diploma	3.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	38.1%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emden	Lincoln
Drove alone	84.7%	76.7%
Carpooled	10.7%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	5.9%
Other means	1.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emden	Lincoln
1-unit, detached	88.4%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Emden	Lincoln
Poverty rate	6.4%	18.2%
Average household size	1.98	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1958	1966