Apple Valley vs Lincoln

A side-by-side comparison of Apple Valley and Lincoln: population, income, housing, and more.

Apple Valley and Lincoln are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lincoln has the higher population (4,309 vs 191 in Apple Valley). Apple Valley has the higher median household income ($89,583 vs $83,387 in Lincoln). Lincoln has the higher median home value ($259,400 vs $248,800 in Apple Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Apple Valley	Lincoln
Population	191	4,309
Median age	34.9 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$89,583	$83,387
Median home value	$248,800	$259,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,222
Housing units	57	1,448
Homeownership rate	100.0%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apple Valley	Lincoln
Population	187 → 191 (+2.1%)	3,703 → 4,309 (+16.4%)
Median household income	$95,556 → $89,583 (-6.3%)	$90,231 → $83,387 (-7.6%)
Median home value	$217,000 → $248,800 (+14.7%)	$238,200 → $259,400 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,538 → $1,222 (-20.5%)

Apple Valley

Population

187191

Median household income

$95,556$89,583

Median home value

$217,000$248,800

Lincoln

Population

3,7034,309

Median household income

$90,231$83,387

Median home value

$238,200$259,400

Median gross rent

$1,538$1,222

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apple Valley	Lincoln
Under 5	7.9%	14.6%
5 to 17	24.6%	19.9%
18 to 24	11.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	6.3%	21.2%
35 to 44	17.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	16.8%	5.6%
65 to 74	6.3%	8.2%
75 and over	0.0%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apple Valley	Lincoln
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.2%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apple Valley	Lincoln
No high school diploma	8.4%	2.2%
High school graduate	21.5%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	52.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apple Valley	Lincoln
Drove alone	100.0%	86.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apple Valley	Lincoln
1-unit, detached	84.2%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Apple Valley	Lincoln
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.4%
Average household size	3.35	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1976	2002