Linden vs Myrtlewood

A side-by-side comparison of Linden and Myrtlewood: population, income, housing, and more.

Linden and Myrtlewood are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Linden has the higher population (1,879 vs 102 in Myrtlewood). Myrtlewood has the higher median household income ($93,646 vs $30,313 in Linden). Since 2019, Linden's population has grown faster (+4.7% vs -32.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Myrtlewood
Population	1,879	102
Median age	44.4 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$30,313	$93,646
Median home value	$94,700	—
Median gross rent	$753	—
Housing units	1,002	64
Homeownership rate	48.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Myrtlewood
Population	1,794 → 1,879 (+4.7%)	152 → 102 (-32.9%)
Median household income	$37,955 → $30,313 (-20.1%)	$45,694 → $93,646 (+104.9%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $94,700 (+4.5%)	$72,500 → $55,000 (-24.1%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $753 (+20.7%)	—

Linden

Population

1,7941,879

Median household income

$37,955$30,313

Median home value

$90,600$94,700

Median gross rent

$624$753

Myrtlewood

Population

152102

Median household income

$45,694$93,646

Median home value

$72,500$55,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	Myrtlewood
Under 5	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	3.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	37.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	2.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.7%
55 to 64	18.7%	21.6%
65 to 74	7.1%	3.9%
75 and over	9.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Myrtlewood
White (non-Hispanic)	42.8%	98.0%
Black or African American	56.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	Myrtlewood
No high school diploma	11.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	37.0%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Myrtlewood
Drove alone	80.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	11.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	Myrtlewood
1-unit, detached	62.7%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Myrtlewood
Poverty rate	26.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	21	43
Median year structure built	1973	1963