Enfield vs Lincoln

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

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

Enfield has the higher population (1,917 vs 938 in Lincoln). Enfield has the higher median household income ($78,583 vs $56,406 in Lincoln). Lincoln has the higher median home value ($283,500 vs $274,500 in Enfield).

Population, income & housing

	Enfield	Lincoln
Population	1,917	938
Median age	57.0 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,583	$56,406
Median home value	$274,500	$283,500
Median gross rent	$1,486	$1,025
Housing units	1,048	1,196
Homeownership rate	69.4%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Enfield	Lincoln
Population	1,830 → 1,917 (+4.8%)	712 → 938 (+31.7%)
Median household income	$47,005 → $78,583 (+67.2%)	$53,229 → $56,406 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$187,200 → $274,500 (+46.6%)	$222,500 → $283,500 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,263 → $1,486 (+17.7%)	$887 → $1,025 (+15.6%)

Enfield

Population

1,8301,917

Median household income

$47,005$78,583

Median home value

$187,200$274,500

Median gross rent

$1,263$1,486

Lincoln

Population

712938

Median household income

$53,229$56,406

Median home value

$222,500$283,500

Median gross rent

$887$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Enfield	Lincoln
Under 5	11.3%	0.9%
5 to 17	8.4%	13.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	7.8%
45 to 54	3.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	16.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	32.0%	22.2%
75 and over	2.7%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Enfield	Lincoln
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	15.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Enfield	Lincoln
No high school diploma	4.9%	10.9%
High school graduate	28.6%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Enfield	Lincoln
Drove alone	79.2%	40.1%
Carpooled	3.7%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	18.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	11.5%	17.5%
Other means	1.7%	12.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Enfield	Lincoln
1-unit, detached	53.5%	27.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	36.4%
2 to 4 units	24.4%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	11.4%
20 or more units	2.0%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Enfield	Lincoln
Poverty rate	22.5%	6.6%
Average household size	2.04	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1981	1985