Linden vs White Mountain Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Linden and White Mountain Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Linden and White Mountain Lake are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

White Mountain Lake has the higher population (2,678 vs 2,299 in Linden). Linden has the higher median household income ($91,378 vs $47,661 in White Mountain Lake). Linden has the higher median home value ($398,600 vs $163,700 in White Mountain Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	White Mountain Lake
Population	2,299	2,678
Median age	56.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$91,378	$47,661
Median home value	$398,600	$163,700
Median gross rent	—	$776
Housing units	1,283	1,691
Homeownership rate	92.2%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	White Mountain Lake
Population	2,798 → 2,299 (-17.8%)	2,700 → 2,678 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$71,094 → $91,378 (+28.5%)	$42,047 → $47,661 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$263,400 → $398,600 (+51.3%)	$108,900 → $163,700 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,121 → $1,265 (+12.8%)	$860 → $776 (-9.8%)

Linden

Population

2,7982,299

Median household income

$71,094$91,378

Median home value

$263,400$398,600

Median gross rent

$1,121$1,265

White Mountain Lake

Population

2,7002,678

Median household income

$42,047$47,661

Median home value

$108,900$163,700

Median gross rent

$860$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	White Mountain Lake
Under 5	7.0%	9.4%
5 to 17	11.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	2.1%
25 to 34	5.8%	20.9%
35 to 44	8.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	7.2%	9.1%
55 to 64	19.4%	9.2%
65 to 74	20.7%	14.9%
75 and over	13.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	White Mountain Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	65.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	White Mountain Lake
No high school diploma	6.0%	10.1%
High school graduate	25.3%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	White Mountain Lake
Drove alone	57.4%	76.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	6.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	13.2%
Other means	2.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	White Mountain Lake
1-unit, detached	76.8%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.1%	48.4%

Poverty & households

	Linden	White Mountain Lake
Poverty rate	12.4%	28.7%
Average household size	2.51	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1997	1996