Ionia vs Lincoln

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

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

Lincoln has the higher population (1,795 vs 59 in Ionia). Lincoln has the higher median household income ($60,272 vs $14,750 in Ionia). Lincoln has the higher median home value ($123,000 vs $60,700 in Ionia).

Population, income & housing

	Ionia	Lincoln
Population	59	1,795
Median age	57.7 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$14,750	$60,272
Median home value	$60,700	$123,000
Median gross rent	—	$784
Housing units	49	524
Homeownership rate	71.4%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ionia	Lincoln
Population	80 → 59 (-26.3%)	948 → 1,795 (+89.3%)
Median household income	$22,500 → $14,750 (-34.4%)	$26,500 → $60,272 (+127.4%)
Median home value	$53,900 → $60,700 (+12.6%)	$88,300 → $123,000 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$647 → $784 (+21.2%)

Ionia

Population

8059

Median household income

$22,500$14,750

Median home value

$53,900$60,700

Lincoln

Population

9481,795

Median household income

$26,500$60,272

Median home value

$88,300$123,000

Median gross rent

$647$784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ionia	Lincoln
Under 5	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	10.2%	35.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	8.5%	8.5%
35 to 44	1.7%	16.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	6.1%
55 to 64	40.7%	5.7%
65 to 74	13.6%	7.2%
75 and over	11.9%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ionia	Lincoln
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	30.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ionia	Lincoln
No high school diploma	60.4%	10.6%
High school graduate	17.0%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ionia	Lincoln
Drove alone	100.0%	79.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ionia	Lincoln
1-unit, detached	73.5%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	26.5%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Ionia	Lincoln
Poverty rate	66.1%	12.1%
Average household size	1.69	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	42	32
Median year structure built	1961	1975