Linden vs Providence

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

Linden and Providence 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 101 in Providence). Providence has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $30,313 in Linden). Providence has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $94,700 in Linden).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Providence
Population	1,879	101
Median age	44.4 yrs	65.9 yrs
Median household income	$30,313	$48,750
Median home value	$94,700	$150,000
Median gross rent	$753	—
Housing units	1,002	95
Homeownership rate	48.1%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Providence
Population	1,794 → 1,879 (+4.7%)	158 → 101 (-36.1%)
Median household income	$37,955 → $30,313 (-20.1%)	$57,250 → $48,750 (-14.8%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $94,700 (+4.5%)	$106,300 → $150,000 (+41.1%)
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

Providence

Population

158101

Median household income

$57,250$48,750

Median home value

$106,300$150,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	Providence
Under 5	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	1.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	5.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	2.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	7.9%
55 to 64	18.7%	30.7%
65 to 74	7.1%	22.8%
75 and over	9.7%	30.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Providence
White (non-Hispanic)	42.8%	93.1%
Black or African American	56.8%	5.9%
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%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	Providence
No high school diploma	11.0%	18.0%
High school graduate	37.0%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	1.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Providence
Drove alone	80.5%	96.7%
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%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	Providence
1-unit, detached	62.7%	61.1%
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%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	37.9%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Providence
Poverty rate	26.8%	17.8%
Average household size	2.23	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1973	1979