Linden vs Sweet Water

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

Linden and Sweet Water 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 157 in Sweet Water). Sweet Water has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $30,313 in Linden). Sweet Water has the higher median home value ($177,800 vs $94,700 in Linden).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Sweet Water
Population	1,879	157
Median age	44.4 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$30,313	$65,000
Median home value	$94,700	$177,800
Median gross rent	$753	$775
Housing units	1,002	105
Homeownership rate	48.1%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Sweet Water
Population	1,794 → 1,879 (+4.7%)	385 → 157 (-59.2%)
Median household income	$37,955 → $30,313 (-20.1%)	$70,313 → $65,000 (-7.6%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $94,700 (+4.5%)	$123,100 → $177,800 (+44.4%)
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

Sweet Water

Population

385157

Median household income

$70,313$65,000

Median home value

$123,100$177,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	Sweet Water
Under 5	8.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.1%	3.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	7.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	18.5%
55 to 64	18.7%	19.7%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.6%
75 and over	9.7%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Sweet Water
White (non-Hispanic)	42.8%	96.2%
Black or African American	56.8%	3.8%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	Sweet Water
No high school diploma	11.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	37.0%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Sweet Water
Drove alone	80.5%	80.6%
Carpooled	11.3%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	6.9%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	Sweet Water
1-unit, detached	62.7%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.9%
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%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Sweet Water
Poverty rate	26.8%	5.1%
Average household size	2.23	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1973	1970