Lincoln Park vs Madison

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

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

Madison has the higher population (16,464 vs 10,901 in Lincoln Park). Madison has the higher median household income ($168,469 vs $119,000 in Lincoln Park). Madison has the higher median home value ($882,900 vs $419,500 in Lincoln Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lincoln Park	Madison
Population	10,901	16,464
Median age	48.0 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$119,000	$168,469
Median home value	$419,500	$882,900
Median gross rent	$1,824	$2,248
Housing units	4,305	5,721
Homeownership rate	77.9%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	70.7%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincoln Park	Madison
Population	10,262 → 10,901 (+6.2%)	16,377 → 16,464 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$97,003 → $119,000 (+22.7%)	$146,157 → $168,469 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$330,900 → $419,500 (+26.8%)	$724,700 → $882,900 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,643 → $1,824 (+11.0%)	$1,807 → $2,248 (+24.4%)

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

Madison

Population

16,37716,464

Median household income

$146,157$168,469

Median home value

$724,700$882,900

Median gross rent

$1,807$2,248

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lincoln Park	Madison
Under 5	5.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	9.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	13.6%
25 to 34	13.7%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.2%	14.2%
55 to 64	19.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	6.9%
75 and over	9.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincoln Park	Madison
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	73.8%
Black or African American	2.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincoln Park	Madison
No high school diploma	7.5%	3.3%
High school graduate	27.1%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	11.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	39.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	30.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincoln Park	Madison
Drove alone	74.8%	52.9%
Carpooled	4.6%	3.4%
Public transit	5.1%	8.1%
Walked	1.9%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.7%	25.2%
Other means	0.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincoln Park	Madison
1-unit, detached	52.4%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	19.8%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	7.8%
20 or more units	13.4%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lincoln Park	Madison
Poverty rate	3.4%	2.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1977	1959