Lincoln, Michigan.
Typical home $185,212 (+9.7% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$414 (+74%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $16,361 +10%
- $168,850$185,212 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $39,191 +27%
- $146,021$185,212 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Lincoln$972
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Lincoln, MI rose 9.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Lincoln, Alcona County, Michigan
Lincoln is a village of 305 people in Alcona County. Unemployment in Alcona County was 7.2% in August 2026, and the county had 2.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Alcona County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Lincoln is a very small village in Alcona County, Michigan, with an older population than most places and fewer adults holding a four-year degree than across much of the country. Homes here are valued below what is typical nationally, and many households live on modest means. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers are mild, with August the warmest.
Work. Residents of Lincoln work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, transport and warehouse work, and shops also employing many. Few people work from home. Across Alcona County, some of the largest workplaces are Alcona Community Schools, Atrium Centers, a nursing care home for the elderly, and Alcona County itself. Unemployment across the county is a little lower than a year ago, and the county has added jobs over the past year.
Things to do. Harrisville State Park and Sturgeon Point Park are both a short drive away, and are good choices for a day outdoors. Farther afield, a longer drive brings you to Hubbard Lake, a lake popular with those who like to be on the water, and to Huron National Forest, a large protected area of woods.
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- 145households
- 13%of adults have a degree
- 28%below the poverty line
- 6%work from home
What people in Alcona County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Alcona County had 1,533 jobs in 2025, 2.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 26° and lows near 14°; warmest in August, with highs near 74° and lows near 58°. About 52 inches of snow and 29 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Harrisville 2NNE weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Alcona County
- Harvard Maintenance Inc of MichiganBuilding cleaning services, janitorial144
- Alcona CountyCounty commissioners114
- Alcona Community SchoolsSchool district98FTE
- Alcona Citizens for HealthFamily physicians' offices76
- Atrium CentersHomes for the elderly with nursing care36
- Eagle Ridge RanchGolf and country clubs31
- Alcona County Road CommissionSurfacing, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway29
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 430 people in all across the county; Lincoln has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningVery high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lincoln’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Alcona County.
Lincoln home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Lincoln$185,212
- Michigan$263,760
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Lincoln listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Lincoln27.93%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Lincoln35
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Lincoln7
Zip codes with a Lincoln address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Lincoln — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.