Hamtramck vs Lincoln Park

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

Hamtramck 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 27,830 in Hamtramck). Lincoln Park has the higher median household income ($57,183 vs $40,103 in Hamtramck). Lincoln Park has the higher median home value ($117,400 vs $116,400 in Hamtramck).

Population, income & housing

	Hamtramck	Lincoln Park
Population	27,830	39,511
Median age	27.0 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,103	$57,183
Median home value	$116,400	$117,400
Median gross rent	$907	$972
Housing units	8,639	15,874
Homeownership rate	57.1%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamtramck	Lincoln Park
Population	21,822 → 27,830 (+27.5%)	36,697 → 39,511 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$27,166 → $40,103 (+47.6%)	$44,554 → $57,183 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$69,700 → $116,400 (+67.0%)	$73,700 → $117,400 (+59.3%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $907 (+24.4%)	$842 → $972 (+15.4%)

Hamtramck

Population

21,82227,830

Median household income

$27,166$40,103

Median home value

$69,700$116,400

Median gross rent

$729$907

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)

	Hamtramck	Lincoln Park
Under 5	8.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	25.1%	18.0%
18 to 24	12.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.0%	16.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	8.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	5.4%	9.0%
75 and over	2.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamtramck	Lincoln Park
White (non-Hispanic)	56.5%	60.2%
Black or African American	8.2%	8.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	25.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamtramck	Lincoln Park
No high school diploma	33.2%	18.6%
High school graduate	29.9%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamtramck	Lincoln Park
Drove alone	66.4%	79.2%
Carpooled	19.3%	12.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	4.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.8%	6.1%
Other means	1.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamtramck	Lincoln Park
1-unit, detached	59.0%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	24.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	4.7%
20 or more units	3.9%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Hamtramck	Lincoln Park
Poverty rate	38.2%	22.1%
Average household size	3.71	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1938	1954