Lincolnia vs Merrifield

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

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

Merrifield has the higher population (20,549 vs 19,913 in Lincolnia). Merrifield has the higher median household income ($136,173 vs $123,835 in Lincolnia). Merrifield has the higher median home value ($637,600 vs $632,200 in Lincolnia).

Population, income & housing

	Lincolnia	Merrifield
Population	19,913	20,549
Median age	38.4 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$123,835	$136,173
Median home value	$632,200	$637,600
Median gross rent	$2,087	$2,308
Housing units	8,393	9,833
Homeownership rate	55.8%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.8%	76.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincolnia	Merrifield
Population	23,933 → 19,913 (-16.8%)	18,291 → 20,549 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$94,854 → $123,835 (+30.6%)	$114,219 → $136,173 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$474,700 → $632,200 (+33.2%)	$494,700 → $637,600 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,820 → $2,087 (+14.7%)	$2,021 → $2,308 (+14.2%)

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

Merrifield

Population

18,29120,549

Median household income

$114,219$136,173

Median home value

$494,700$637,600

Median gross rent

$2,021$2,308

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lincolnia	Merrifield
Under 5	6.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.0%	11.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	17.6%	27.8%
35 to 44	17.8%	19.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	5.1%
75 and over	3.8%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincolnia	Merrifield
White (non-Hispanic)	33.5%	39.9%
Black or African American	24.3%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.0%	32.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	2.2%
Two or more races	6.6%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincolnia	Merrifield
No high school diploma	7.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	16.1%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	10.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	28.7%	40.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincolnia	Merrifield
Drove alone	59.2%	47.1%
Carpooled	8.3%	8.6%
Public transit	8.2%	9.8%
Walked	1.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	21.5%	29.5%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincolnia	Merrifield
1-unit, detached	36.4%	10.8%
1-unit, attached	24.0%	25.2%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	23.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	12.3%	50.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lincolnia	Merrifield
Poverty rate	8.4%	6.5%
Average household size	2.56	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1981	2001