Inkster vs Lincoln Park

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

Inkster 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 25,602 in Inkster). Lincoln Park has the higher median household income ($57,183 vs $39,632 in Inkster). Lincoln Park has the higher median home value ($117,400 vs $75,700 in Inkster).

Population, income & housing

	Inkster	Lincoln Park
Population	25,602	39,511
Median age	34.4 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$39,632	$57,183
Median home value	$75,700	$117,400
Median gross rent	$1,127	$972
Housing units	11,497	15,874
Homeownership rate	45.8%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inkster	Lincoln Park
Population	24,520 → 25,602 (+4.4%)	36,697 → 39,511 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$32,014 → $39,632 (+23.8%)	$44,554 → $57,183 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$48,700 → $75,700 (+55.4%)	$73,700 → $117,400 (+59.3%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,127 (+27.1%)	$842 → $972 (+15.4%)

Inkster

Population

24,52025,602

Median household income

$32,014$39,632

Median home value

$48,700$75,700

Median gross rent

$887$1,127

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)

	Inkster	Lincoln Park
Under 5	7.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	20.2%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	16.2%	16.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.0%
75 and over	4.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inkster	Lincoln Park
White (non-Hispanic)	16.8%	60.2%
Black or African American	72.3%	8.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.7%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inkster	Lincoln Park
No high school diploma	17.3%	18.6%
High school graduate	38.9%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inkster	Lincoln Park
Drove alone	74.9%	79.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	12.6%
Public transit	3.7%	0.1%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.3%	6.1%
Other means	3.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inkster	Lincoln Park
1-unit, detached	72.5%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	4.7%
20 or more units	7.1%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Inkster	Lincoln Park
Poverty rate	36.3%	22.1%
Average household size	2.65	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1957	1954