Editing Lincoln Heights, Ohio (section)

===Subsequent history===
Morgan wrote that the "[[:wikt:halcyon days|halcyon days]]" of Lincoln Heights were the post-[[World War II]] period through the 1960s.<ref name=Morganp8>{{cite journal|author=Morgan, Kitty|title=A Best Place to Live|journal=[[Cincinnati Magazine]]|date=July 2002|publisher=[[Emmis Communications]]|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=TesCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8 8]-[https://books.google.com/books?id=TesCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA11 11]|issn=0746-8210}} - CITED: [https://books.google.com/books?id=TesCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8 8]</ref> At that time of incorporation it was the only black municipality north of the [[Mason-Dixon]] line, prompting [[Governor of New York]] [[Thomas E. Dewey]] to establish a tour of Lincoln Heights, inviting New York City residents to participate. In the mid-20th century many Lincoln Heights residents worked at the Wright Aeronautical Plant and a nearby chemical plant.<ref name=Semuels/>

In the 1970s Lincoln Heights had 6,099 residents. In the 1970s and 1980s many factories began to close, and the tax base of the city decreased, making it difficult to establish community programs. It became difficult for residents find employment, and many residents who attended universities [[brain drain|never returned to the city]]. By 1990 the number of residents in Lincoln Heights had decreased to 4,805.<ref name=Semuels/> This further declined to 4,113 persons in 2000.<ref name=Morganp8/> In 2000 ''[[Cincinnati Magazine]]'' ranked Lincoln Heights in last place, #84, in its "The Best Places to Live," a ranking of communities in the Cincinnati area.<ref name=Morganp8to10>{{cite journal|author=Morgan, Kitty|title=A Best Place to Live|journal=[[Cincinnati Magazine]]|date=July 2002|publisher=[[Emmis Communications]]|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=TesCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8 8]-[https://books.google.com/books?id=TesCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA11 11]|issn=0746-8210}} - CITED: [https://books.google.com/books?id=TesCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8 8], [https://books.google.com/books?id=TesCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10 10].</ref>

As of 2001 the community still included many longtime residents;<ref name=VelaSavor>Vela, Susan. "[http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/06/30/loc_lincoln_heights.html Lincoln Heights residents savor sense of home, pride]" ([https://archive.today/20240527103558/https://www.webcitation.org/6a1WrALfp?url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/06/30/loc_lincoln_heights.html Archive]). ''[[Cincinnati Enquirer]]''. June 30, 2001. Retrieved on July 15, 2015.</ref> many persons who stayed in the city had been unable to leave Lincoln Heights.<ref name=Semuels/> That year the Lincoln Heights economic development director, Claude Audley, stated that he received telephone calls from people expressing a wish to move back to Lincoln Heights.<ref name=VelaSavor/>

From 2007 to 2013 the values of houses in Lincoln Heights declined by 76.4%. During the same period the housing values in nearby [[Indian Hill, Ohio|Indian Hill]] increased by 27.7%.<ref name=Semuels/>

In 2013 the population was down to 3,367. From 1970 to 2013, therefore, the population had declined by 45%. The population in nearby [[Blue Ash, Ohio|Blue Ash]] had increased by 46% during that time frame.<ref name=Semuels/>