Best PlacesLincoln Park, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lincoln Park, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lincoln Park ranks 2,021st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lincoln Park
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Lincoln Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lincoln Park ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 78% of cities
- Cheap childcare$834 a month, better than 78% of cities
- TransitBetter than 78% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 69% of cities
Where Lincoln Park ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of cities
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Lincoln Park
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lincoln Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,747, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Lincoln Park's effective rate of 1.54%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lincoln Park.
Who works in Lincoln Park, and how
Work in Lincoln Park centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park has more parkland per resident than 83% of cities and more late-night spots per resident than 83% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Lincoln Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lincoln Park, month by month
Lincoln Park sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Lincoln Park
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 9 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 168 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Lincoln Park
Schools across Lincoln Park average a D, better than 5% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Hoover SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Earl F Carr SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Max Paun SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Woodrow Wilson SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Lincoln Park Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Roosevelt High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Lincoln Park High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- Ecorse Community High SchoolF · 9% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lincoln Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lincoln Park measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Lincoln Park against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Lincoln Park suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Lincoln Park
Is Lincoln Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lincoln Park ranks 2,021st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on walkability, a stable housing market, and affordable childcare, and lowest on a weak job market and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lincoln Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $127,925. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $58,747 median income, cost of living beats 7% of cities.
Is Lincoln Park safe?
Lincoln Park is safer than 6% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $573 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Lincoln Park?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 20. That works out to about 61 pleasant days a year, more than 9% of cities.
Is Lincoln Park good for families?
Schools beat 5% of cities, crime safety beats 6%, and childcare runs $834 a month.
Compare Lincoln Park with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lincoln Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lincoln Park represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Lincoln Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lincoln Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lincoln Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lincoln Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lincoln Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lincoln Park detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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