Budd Lake vs Lincoln Park

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

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

Lincoln Park has the higher population (10,901 vs 10,106 in Budd Lake). Lincoln Park has the higher median household income ($119,000 vs $113,036 in Budd Lake). Budd Lake has the higher median home value ($437,200 vs $419,500 in Lincoln Park).

Population, income & housing

	Budd Lake	Lincoln Park
Population	10,106	10,901
Median age	36.9 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$113,036	$119,000
Median home value	$437,200	$419,500
Median gross rent	$1,326	$1,824
Housing units	3,652	4,305
Homeownership rate	73.9%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.9%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Budd Lake	Lincoln Park
Population	9,743 → 10,106 (+3.7%)	10,262 → 10,901 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$90,956 → $113,036 (+24.3%)	$97,003 → $119,000 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$340,300 → $437,200 (+28.5%)	$330,900 → $419,500 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,216 → $1,326 (+9.0%)	$1,643 → $1,824 (+11.0%)

Budd Lake

Population

9,74310,106

Median household income

$90,956$113,036

Median home value

$340,300$437,200

Median gross rent

$1,216$1,326

Lincoln Park

Population

10,26210,901

Median household income

$97,003$119,000

Median home value

$330,900$419,500

Median gross rent

$1,643$1,824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Budd Lake	Lincoln Park
Under 5	6.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	21.0%	9.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.8%	13.7%
35 to 44	16.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	19.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.5%
75 and over	2.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Budd Lake	Lincoln Park
White (non-Hispanic)	55.9%	72.8%
Black or African American	8.6%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.6%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Budd Lake	Lincoln Park
No high school diploma	5.6%	7.5%
High school graduate	27.4%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Budd Lake	Lincoln Park
Drove alone	74.5%	74.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.6%
Public transit	0.7%	5.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	12.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Budd Lake	Lincoln Park
1-unit, detached	70.8%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	19.8%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	11.4%
20 or more units	2.4%	13.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Budd Lake	Lincoln Park
Poverty rate	5.7%	3.4%
Average household size	2.79	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1974	1977