Lincroft vs Yorketown

A side-by-side comparison of Lincroft and Yorketown: population, income, housing, and more.

Lincroft and Yorketown are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Yorketown has the higher population (7,265 vs 6,901 in Lincroft). Lincroft has the higher median household income ($168,945 vs $163,375 in Yorketown). Lincroft has the higher median home value ($719,000 vs $575,700 in Yorketown).

Population, income & housing

	Lincroft	Yorketown
Population	6,901	7,265
Median age	43.4 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$168,945	$163,375
Median home value	$719,000	$575,700
Median gross rent	$843	$2,607
Housing units	2,445	2,234
Homeownership rate	88.3%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.4%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincroft	Yorketown
Population	6,405 → 6,901 (+7.7%)	6,459 → 7,265 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$152,557 → $168,945 (+10.7%)	$121,406 → $163,375 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$577,900 → $719,000 (+24.4%)	$446,300 → $575,700 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$420 → $843 (+100.7%)	$1,750 → $2,607 (+49.0%)

Lincroft

Population

6,4056,901

Median household income

$152,557$168,945

Median home value

$577,900$719,000

Median gross rent

$420$843

Yorketown

Population

6,4597,265

Median household income

$121,406$163,375

Median home value

$446,300$575,700

Median gross rent

$1,750$2,607

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lincroft	Yorketown
Under 5	8.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.5%	19.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	9.3%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	18.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.5%
75 and over	8.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincroft	Yorketown
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	83.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincroft	Yorketown
No high school diploma	1.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	19.1%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	39.2%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincroft	Yorketown
Drove alone	64.6%	62.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	9.6%
Public transit	7.3%	6.8%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	18.4%
Other means	2.9%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincroft	Yorketown
1-unit, detached	82.0%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	15.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lincroft	Yorketown
Poverty rate	2.2%	4.3%
Average household size	2.79	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	40	44
Median year structure built	1972	1970