Garden City vs Lincoln Park

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

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

Lincoln Park has the higher population (39,511 vs 26,910 in Garden City). Garden City has the higher median household income ($64,396 vs $57,183 in Lincoln Park). Garden City has the higher median home value ($162,400 vs $117,400 in Lincoln Park).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Lincoln Park
Population	26,910	39,511
Median age	40.8 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,396	$57,183
Median home value	$162,400	$117,400
Median gross rent	$991	$972
Housing units	11,395	15,874
Homeownership rate	79.2%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Lincoln Park
Population	26,683 → 26,910 (+0.9%)	36,697 → 39,511 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$56,521 → $64,396 (+13.9%)	$44,554 → $57,183 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$111,000 → $162,400 (+46.3%)	$73,700 → $117,400 (+59.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,035 → $991 (-4.3%)	$842 → $972 (+15.4%)

Garden City

Population

26,68326,910

Median household income

$56,521$64,396

Median home value

$111,000$162,400

Median gross rent

$1,035$991

Lincoln Park

Population

36,69739,511

Median household income

$44,554$57,183

Median home value

$73,700$117,400

Median gross rent

$842$972

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Lincoln Park
Under 5	7.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	13.3%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.4%	16.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.0%
75 and over	6.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Lincoln Park
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	60.2%
Black or African American	6.6%	8.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Lincoln Park
No high school diploma	9.3%	18.6%
High school graduate	36.3%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Lincoln Park
Drove alone	81.8%	79.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	12.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	0.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.8%	6.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Lincoln Park
1-unit, detached	88.6%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	4.7%
20 or more units	2.3%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Lincoln Park
Poverty rate	11.3%	22.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1957	1954