Linden vs Waterloo

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

Linden and Waterloo 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 886 in Waterloo). Waterloo has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $123,378 in Linden). Waterloo has the higher median home value ($883,200 vs $564,300 in Linden).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Waterloo
Population	2,047	886
Median age	36.2 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$123,378	$250,001
Median home value	$564,300	$883,200
Median gross rent	$1,479	$1,908
Housing units	853	345
Homeownership rate	56.9%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	18.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Waterloo
Population	1,547 → 2,047 (+32.3%)	670 → 886 (+32.2%)
Median household income	$114,792 → $123,378 (+7.5%)	$85,000 → $250,001 (+194.1%)
Median home value	$393,900 → $564,300 (+43.3%)	$683,800 → $883,200 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,282 → $1,479 (+15.4%)	$923 → $1,908 (+106.7%)

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

Waterloo

Population

670886

Median household income

$85,000$250,001

Median home value

$683,800$883,200

Median gross rent

$923$1,908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	Waterloo
Under 5	9.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	6.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	14.9%
25 to 34	15.5%	8.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	8.4%
45 to 54	7.1%	6.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	27.4%
65 to 74	5.9%	9.8%
75 and over	13.3%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Waterloo
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	86.6%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	30.3%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	Waterloo
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.8%
High school graduate	26.9%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Waterloo
Drove alone	88.1%	79.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	18.4%
Other means	2.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	Waterloo
1-unit, detached	100.0%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Waterloo
Poverty rate	3.2%	5.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1981	1956