Lincoln Park vs Southgate

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

Lincoln Park and Southgate 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 29,551 in Southgate). Southgate has the higher median household income ($64,635 vs $57,183 in Lincoln Park). Southgate has the higher median home value ($165,400 vs $117,400 in Lincoln Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lincoln Park	Southgate
Population	39,511	29,551
Median age	34.9 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,183	$64,635
Median home value	$117,400	$165,400
Median gross rent	$972	$1,102
Housing units	15,874	13,033
Homeownership rate	69.8%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincoln Park	Southgate
Population	36,697 → 39,511 (+7.7%)	29,165 → 29,551 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$44,554 → $57,183 (+28.3%)	$57,133 → $64,635 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$73,700 → $117,400 (+59.3%)	$112,300 → $165,400 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $972 (+15.4%)	$876 → $1,102 (+25.8%)

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

Southgate

Population

29,16529,551

Median household income

$57,133$64,635

Median home value

$112,300$165,400

Median gross rent

$876$1,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lincoln Park	Southgate
Under 5	7.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.2%	16.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.2%
75 and over	5.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincoln Park	Southgate
White (non-Hispanic)	60.2%	75.1%
Black or African American	8.8%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	24.7%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincoln Park	Southgate
No high school diploma	18.6%	10.6%
High school graduate	40.6%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincoln Park	Southgate
Drove alone	79.2%	76.0%
Carpooled	12.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	1.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.1%	10.6%
Other means	1.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincoln Park	Southgate
1-unit, detached	84.1%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	12.7%
20 or more units	3.4%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Lincoln Park	Southgate
Poverty rate	22.1%	9.8%
Average household size	2.62	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1954	1963