Linden vs Thomaston

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

Linden and Thomaston 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 421 in Thomaston). Thomaston has the higher median household income ($50,625 vs $30,313 in Linden). Linden has the higher median home value ($94,700 vs $82,100 in Thomaston).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Thomaston
Population	1,879	421
Median age	44.4 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$30,313	$50,625
Median home value	$94,700	$82,100
Median gross rent	$753	$1,150
Housing units	1,002	254
Homeownership rate	48.1%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Thomaston
Population	1,794 → 1,879 (+4.7%)	380 → 421 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$37,955 → $30,313 (-20.1%)	$38,125 → $50,625 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $94,700 (+4.5%)	$61,800 → $82,100 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $753 (+20.7%)	$932 → $1,150 (+23.4%)

Linden

Population

1,7941,879

Median household income

$37,955$30,313

Median home value

$90,600$94,700

Median gross rent

$624$753

Thomaston

Population

380421

Median household income

$38,125$50,625

Median home value

$61,800$82,100

Median gross rent

$932$1,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	Thomaston
Under 5	8.1%	8.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	2.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	18.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	18.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	7.1%	11.6%
75 and over	9.7%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Thomaston
White (non-Hispanic)	42.8%	41.3%
Black or African American	56.8%	57.7%
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	Thomaston
No high school diploma	11.0%	9.8%
High school graduate	37.0%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Thomaston
Drove alone	80.5%	61.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	38.8%
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	Thomaston
1-unit, detached	62.7%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Thomaston
Poverty rate	26.8%	30.6%
Average household size	2.23	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1973	1968