Lake Hiawatha vs Lincoln Park

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

Lake Hiawatha 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 10,406 in Lake Hiawatha). Lincoln Park has the higher median household income ($119,000 vs $101,500 in Lake Hiawatha). Lincoln Park has the higher median home value ($419,500 vs $402,500 in Lake Hiawatha).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Hiawatha	Lincoln Park
Population	10,406	10,901
Median age	40.3 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$101,500	$119,000
Median home value	$402,500	$419,500
Median gross rent	$1,426	$1,824
Housing units	4,459	4,305
Homeownership rate	60.8%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Hiawatha	Lincoln Park
Population	9,220 → 10,406 (+12.9%)	10,262 → 10,901 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$80,481 → $101,500 (+26.1%)	$97,003 → $119,000 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$337,400 → $402,500 (+19.3%)	$330,900 → $419,500 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,426 (+19.6%)	$1,643 → $1,824 (+11.0%)

Lake Hiawatha

Population

9,22010,406

Median household income

$80,481$101,500

Median home value

$337,400$402,500

Median gross rent

$1,192$1,426

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)

	Lake Hiawatha	Lincoln Park
Under 5	4.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	9.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	18.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	19.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	11.5%
75 and over	9.7%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Hiawatha	Lincoln Park
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	72.8%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	36.2%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Hiawatha	Lincoln Park
No high school diploma	6.4%	7.5%
High school graduate	24.5%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.6%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Hiawatha	Lincoln Park
Drove alone	74.7%	74.8%
Carpooled	5.4%	4.6%
Public transit	3.3%	5.1%
Walked	2.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Hiawatha	Lincoln Park
1-unit, detached	56.2%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	19.8%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	20.2%	11.4%
20 or more units	16.7%	13.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Hiawatha	Lincoln Park
Poverty rate	2.7%	3.4%
Average household size	2.39	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1965	1977