Lincoln Park vs Westland

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

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

Westland has the higher population (84,155 vs 39,511 in Lincoln Park). Westland has the higher median household income ($62,216 vs $57,183 in Lincoln Park). Westland has the higher median home value ($176,500 vs $117,400 in Lincoln Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lincoln Park	Westland
Population	39,511	84,155
Median age	34.9 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,183	$62,216
Median home value	$117,400	$176,500
Median gross rent	$972	$1,113
Housing units	15,874	38,097
Homeownership rate	69.8%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincoln Park	Westland
Population	36,697 → 39,511 (+7.7%)	81,938 → 84,155 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$44,554 → $57,183 (+28.3%)	$50,710 → $62,216 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$73,700 → $117,400 (+59.3%)	$121,100 → $176,500 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $972 (+15.4%)	$894 → $1,113 (+24.5%)

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

Westland

Population

81,93884,155

Median household income

$50,710$62,216

Median home value

$121,100$176,500

Median gross rent

$894$1,113

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lincoln Park	Westland
Under 5	7.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	16.2%	16.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.7%
75 and over	5.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincoln Park	Westland
White (non-Hispanic)	60.2%	62.1%
Black or African American	8.8%	22.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	24.7%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincoln Park	Westland
No high school diploma	18.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	40.6%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincoln Park	Westland
Drove alone	79.2%	79.6%
Carpooled	12.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.1%	9.4%
Other means	1.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincoln Park	Westland
1-unit, detached	84.1%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	17.3%
20 or more units	3.4%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Lincoln Park	Westland
Poverty rate	22.1%	13.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1954	1969