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City in California, United States

Lincoln

$630kMedian Home
330Sunny Days/yr
76°FAvg High Temp
View on Map· Pop. 4k· Elev. 167 ftWikipedia

Lincoln is a city in Placer County, California, United States, part of the Sacramento metropolitan area. Located 10 miles (16 km) north of Roseville in an area of rapid suburban development, it grew 282 percent between 2000 and 2010, making it the fastest-growing city over 10,000 people in the U.S. Its population was 49,757 at the 2020 census.Wikipedia

About the RegionCalifornia

California contains multitudes in a way that makes any single characterization misleading. The Bay Area and Los Angeles operate as global city-states, with housing markets, income levels, and cultural gravity that put them in direct competition with London and Tokyo rather than with other American metros. Both have lost net domestic migrants to lower-cost states for most of the last decade — primarily to Texas, Arizona, and Nevada — though both also continue to be net draws for international migration and maintain labor markets of extraordinary depth and diversity.

But California's geography is vast. The Central Valley offers costs of living that rival the Midwest with driving distance to the Sierra Nevada; the North Coast is one of the most beautiful and least-crowded stretches of American coastline; and the smaller cities of the inland valleys represent genuinely different lifestyle profiles. For remote workers who can absorb the state income tax and housing cost, the combination of climate diversity, outdoor access, and cultural institution density remains difficult to replicate anywhere in the world.

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Current Conditions

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Cost of Living

Housing
$3k/mo
Median Rent
$630k
Median Home Price
Rent burden45% of income
Household Income
$78k
Median annual
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Livability

School Rating
5/10
Internet
No internet coverage data yet.
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Climate

Sunshine
330
sunny days per year
90% of the year
Avg High Temp
76°F
annual average
Humidity
56%
relative humidity
Comfort Score
79/100
Great
Temp Swing
45°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Rainfall
30"
inches per year
Snowfall
0"
inches per year
Air Quality
44
Good AQI
07

Demographics

Population4k
Altitude167 ftabove sea level
Median Age46 yrs
College Educated30%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home5%of workforce
Poverty Rate4%

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