Lincoln is a medium-sized town located in the state of Rhode Island. With a population of 20,898 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Lincoln is the 17th largest community in Rhode Island.

Lincoln is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lincoln is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lincoln who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.69%), management occupations (11.08%), and sales jobs (10.22%).

Also of interest is that Lincoln has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Lincoln is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Residents of Lincoln by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 97.2% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented town. While Lincoln may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Lincoln Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Lincoln citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.93% of adults in Lincoln have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Lincoln in 2000 was $26,779, which is upper middle income relative to Rhode Island, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,116 for a family of four.

The people who call Lincoln home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lincoln is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lincoln include French Canadian, Italian, Irish, French, English, Portuguese, Polish, and German.

The most common language spoken in Lincoln is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Portuguese.