Franconia vs Lincolnia

A side-by-side comparison of Franconia and Lincolnia: population, income, housing, and more.

Franconia and Lincolnia are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lincolnia has the higher population (19,913 vs 18,141 in Franconia). Franconia has the higher median household income ($152,007 vs $123,835 in Lincolnia). Lincolnia has the higher median home value ($632,200 vs $557,800 in Franconia).

Population, income & housing

	Franconia	Lincolnia
Population	18,141	19,913
Median age	40.7 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$152,007	$123,835
Median home value	$557,800	$632,200
Median gross rent	$2,469	$2,087
Housing units	7,777	8,393
Homeownership rate	77.2%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.3%	56.8%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franconia	Lincolnia
Population	19,720 → 18,141 (-8.0%)	23,933 → 19,913 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$125,031 → $152,007 (+21.6%)	$94,854 → $123,835 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$421,100 → $557,800 (+32.5%)	$474,700 → $632,200 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,066 → $2,469 (+19.5%)	$1,820 → $2,087 (+14.7%)

Franconia

Population

19,72018,141

Median household income

$125,031$152,007

Median home value

$421,100$557,800

Median gross rent

$2,066$2,469

Lincolnia

Population

23,93319,913

Median household income

$94,854$123,835

Median home value

$474,700$632,200

Median gross rent

$1,820$2,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franconia	Lincolnia
Under 5	4.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.2%	13.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	16.2%	17.6%
35 to 44	17.0%	17.8%
45 to 54	15.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.6%
75 and over	4.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franconia	Lincolnia
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	33.5%
Black or African American	21.8%	24.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	18.5%	16.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franconia	Lincolnia
No high school diploma	6.2%	7.9%
High school graduate	10.9%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	32.0%	28.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franconia	Lincolnia
Drove alone	53.4%	59.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	8.3%
Public transit	7.1%	8.2%
Walked	0.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	34.6%	21.5%
Other means	0.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franconia	Lincolnia
1-unit, detached	21.5%	36.4%
1-unit, attached	51.9%	24.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	19.8%	23.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Franconia	Lincolnia
Poverty rate	3.0%	8.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1988	1981