Linton vs Switz City

A side-by-side comparison of Linton and Switz City: population, income, housing, and more.

Linton and Switz City are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Linton has the higher population (5,153 vs 281 in Switz City). Switz City has the higher median household income ($44,375 vs $41,968 in Linton). Linton has the higher median home value ($86,800 vs $81,700 in Switz City).

Population, income & housing

	Linton	Switz City
Population	5,153	281
Median age	36.8 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,968	$44,375
Median home value	$86,800	$81,700
Median gross rent	$791	$825
Housing units	2,643	116
Homeownership rate	61.1%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	3.8%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linton	Switz City
Population	5,244 → 5,153 (-1.7%)	343 → 281 (-18.1%)
Median household income	$34,842 → $41,968 (+20.5%)	$29,125 → $44,375 (+52.4%)
Median home value	$67,600 → $86,800 (+28.4%)	$79,000 → $81,700 (+3.4%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $791 (+31.6%)	$556 → $825 (+48.4%)

Linton

Population

5,2445,153

Median household income

$34,842$41,968

Median home value

$67,600$86,800

Median gross rent

$601$791

Switz City

Population

343281

Median household income

$29,125$44,375

Median home value

$79,000$81,700

Median gross rent

$556$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linton	Switz City
Under 5	4.7%	2.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	11.4%	25.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	8.9%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	12.6%	7.5%
75 and over	9.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linton	Switz City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	98.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linton	Switz City
No high school diploma	17.9%	11.3%
High school graduate	33.5%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linton	Switz City
Drove alone	84.5%	93.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	1.3%
Other means	2.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linton	Switz City
1-unit, detached	70.0%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	5.2%
20 or more units	1.8%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Linton	Switz City
Poverty rate	19.1%	28.5%
Average household size	2.17	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1961	1972