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Lincoln Park, NJ
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Lincoln Park profile


Living in Lincoln Park



Lincoln Park is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 10,923 people and two associated neighborhoods, Lincoln Park is the 181st largest community in New Jersey.

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.81% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Lincoln Park, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.80 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

Despite being a small borough, Lincoln Park has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

The education level of Lincoln Park ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Lincoln Park, 46.49% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Lincoln Park in 2018 was $50,438, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $201,752 for a family of four.

Lincoln Park is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Lincoln Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lincoln Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Lincoln Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.19% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lincoln Park include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and English.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Lincoln Park's cultural character, accounting for 17.38% of the borough’s population.

The most common language spoken in Lincoln Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.

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