Lincoln County vs Wilkin County

A side-by-side comparison of Lincoln County and Wilkin County: population, income, housing, and more.

Lincoln County and Wilkin County are counties in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wilkin County has the higher population (6,413 vs 5,594 in Lincoln County). Wilkin County has the higher median household income ($69,635 vs $67,715 in Lincoln County). Wilkin County has the higher median home value ($172,300 vs $152,200 in Lincoln County).

Population, income & housing

	Lincoln County	Wilkin County
Population	5,594	6,413
Median age	45.0 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,715	$69,635
Median home value	$152,200	$172,300
Median gross rent	$688	$561
Housing units	3,061	2,977
Homeownership rate	82.1%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincoln County	Wilkin County
Population	5,677 → 5,594 (-1.5%)	6,291 → 6,413 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$53,077 → $67,715 (+27.6%)	$60,595 → $69,635 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$103,100 → $152,200 (+47.6%)	$140,000 → $172,300 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $688 (+11.7%)	$523 → $561 (+7.3%)

Lincoln County

Population

5,6775,594

Median household income

$53,077$67,715

Median home value

$103,100$152,200

Median gross rent

$616$688

Wilkin County

Population

6,2916,413

Median household income

$60,595$69,635

Median home value

$140,000$172,300

Median gross rent

$523$561

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lincoln County	Wilkin County
Under 5	5.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	16.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	11.1%
75 and over	11.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincoln County	Wilkin County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincoln County	Wilkin County
No high school diploma	5.7%	6.6%
High school graduate	34.5%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincoln County	Wilkin County
Drove alone	72.9%	77.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	6.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	3.3%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	8.2%
Other means	0.2%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincoln County	Wilkin County
1-unit, detached	89.2%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	3.9%
20 or more units	1.0%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Lincoln County	Wilkin County
Poverty rate	9.2%	14.7%
Average household size	2.22	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1960	1967