Linden vs Taft Mosswood

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

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

Linden has the higher population (2,047 vs 1,199 in Taft Mosswood). Linden has the higher median household income ($123,378 vs $55,526 in Taft Mosswood). Linden has the higher median home value ($564,300 vs $322,300 in Taft Mosswood).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Taft Mosswood
Population	2,047	1,199
Median age	36.2 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$123,378	$55,526
Median home value	$564,300	$322,300
Median gross rent	$1,479	$1,829
Housing units	853	406
Homeownership rate	56.9%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	18.4%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Taft Mosswood
Population	1,547 → 2,047 (+32.3%)	1,104 → 1,199 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$114,792 → $123,378 (+7.5%)	$57,137 → $55,526 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$393,900 → $564,300 (+43.3%)	$178,500 → $322,300 (+80.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,282 → $1,479 (+15.4%)	$1,083 → $1,829 (+68.9%)

Linden

Population

1,5472,047

Median household income

$114,792$123,378

Median home value

$393,900$564,300

Median gross rent

$1,282$1,479

Taft Mosswood

Population

1,1041,199

Median household income

$57,137$55,526

Median home value

$178,500$322,300

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	Taft Mosswood
Under 5	9.2%	1.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	18.5%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	8.4%
45 to 54	7.1%	16.7%
55 to 64	17.6%	1.8%
65 to 74	5.9%	12.0%
75 and over	13.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Taft Mosswood
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	0.9%
Black or African American	4.6%	24.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	20.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	30.3%	54.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	Taft Mosswood
No high school diploma	6.9%	37.5%
High school graduate	26.9%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Taft Mosswood
Drove alone	88.1%	78.7%
Carpooled	6.1%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	7.2%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	Taft Mosswood
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Taft Mosswood
Poverty rate	3.2%	19.0%
Average household size	2.40	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	44
Median year structure built	1981	1972