Lincoln Park vs Parsippany

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

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

Parsippany has the higher population (21,869 vs 10,901 in Lincoln Park). Lincoln Park has the higher median household income ($119,000 vs $102,152 in Parsippany). Parsippany has the higher median home value ($540,800 vs $419,500 in Lincoln Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lincoln Park	Parsippany
Population	10,901	21,869
Median age	48.0 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$119,000	$102,152
Median home value	$419,500	$540,800
Median gross rent	$1,824	$1,732
Housing units	4,305	9,331
Homeownership rate	77.9%	49.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	60.0%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincoln Park	Parsippany
Population	10,262 → 10,901 (+6.2%)	20,439 → 21,869 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$97,003 → $119,000 (+22.7%)	$94,349 → $102,152 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$330,900 → $419,500 (+26.8%)	$446,000 → $540,800 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,643 → $1,824 (+11.0%)	$1,408 → $1,732 (+23.0%)

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

Parsippany

Population

20,43921,869

Median household income

$94,349$102,152

Median home value

$446,000$540,800

Median gross rent

$1,408$1,732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lincoln Park	Parsippany
Under 5	5.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	9.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	14.5%
35 to 44	9.7%	16.9%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	19.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.6%
75 and over	9.0%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincoln Park	Parsippany
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	40.3%
Black or African American	2.9%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.8%	45.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincoln Park	Parsippany
No high school diploma	7.5%	7.6%
High school graduate	27.1%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincoln Park	Parsippany
Drove alone	74.8%	69.1%
Carpooled	4.6%	9.2%
Public transit	5.1%	3.4%
Walked	1.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.7%	16.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincoln Park	Parsippany
1-unit, detached	52.4%	47.3%
1-unit, attached	19.8%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	12.6%
20 or more units	13.4%	26.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Lincoln Park	Parsippany
Poverty rate	3.4%	5.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1977	1968