Lincoln Center vs Sylvan Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Lincoln Center and Sylvan Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Lincoln Center and Sylvan Grove are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lincoln Center has the higher population (1,015 vs 313 in Sylvan Grove). Lincoln Center has the higher median household income ($46,667 vs $41,667 in Sylvan Grove). Sylvan Grove has the higher median home value ($81,200 vs $59,500 in Lincoln Center).

Population, income & housing

	Lincoln Center	Sylvan Grove
Population	1,015	313
Median age	41.7 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,667	$41,667
Median home value	$59,500	$81,200
Median gross rent	$409	$632
Housing units	603	184
Homeownership rate	70.0%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincoln Center	Sylvan Grove
Population	1,266 → 1,015 (-19.8%)	296 → 313 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$41,175 → $46,667 (+13.3%)	$38,333 → $41,667 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$60,300 → $59,500 (-1.3%)	$58,400 → $81,200 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $409 (-19.5%)	$385 → $632 (+64.2%)

Lincoln Center

Population

1,2661,015

Median household income

$41,175$46,667

Median home value

$60,300$59,500

Median gross rent

$508$409

Sylvan Grove

Population

296313

Median household income

$38,333$41,667

Median home value

$58,400$81,200

Median gross rent

$385$632

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lincoln Center	Sylvan Grove
Under 5	5.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	24.9%
18 to 24	9.8%	4.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	7.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	8.0%
45 to 54	6.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	16.0%	14.7%
75 and over	13.2%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincoln Center	Sylvan Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincoln Center	Sylvan Grove
No high school diploma	7.3%	1.4%
High school graduate	28.1%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	46.5%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincoln Center	Sylvan Grove
Drove alone	80.4%	85.7%
Carpooled	7.1%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	5.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincoln Center	Sylvan Grove
1-unit, detached	80.6%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	4.9%
20 or more units	9.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Lincoln Center	Sylvan Grove
Poverty rate	14.9%	23.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1941	1938