Linton vs Worthington

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

Linton and Worthington 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 1,634 in Worthington). Linton has the higher median household income ($41,968 vs $41,534 in Worthington). Linton has the higher median home value ($86,800 vs $67,600 in Worthington).

Population, income & housing

	Linton	Worthington
Population	5,153	1,634
Median age	36.8 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,968	$41,534
Median home value	$86,800	$67,600
Median gross rent	$791	$535
Housing units	2,643	780
Homeownership rate	61.1%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linton	Worthington
Population	5,244 → 5,153 (-1.7%)	1,214 → 1,634 (+34.6%)
Median household income	$34,842 → $41,968 (+20.5%)	$40,789 → $41,534 (+1.8%)
Median home value	$67,600 → $86,800 (+28.4%)	$69,800 → $67,600 (-3.2%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $791 (+31.6%)	$584 → $535 (-8.4%)

Linton

Population

5,2445,153

Median household income

$34,842$41,968

Median home value

$67,600$86,800

Median gross rent

$601$791

Worthington

Population

1,2141,634

Median household income

$40,789$41,534

Median home value

$69,800$67,600

Median gross rent

$584$535

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linton	Worthington
Under 5	4.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.9%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	18.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.6%	8.0%
75 and over	9.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linton	Worthington
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linton	Worthington
No high school diploma	17.9%	20.7%
High school graduate	33.5%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linton	Worthington
Drove alone	84.5%	84.6%
Carpooled	7.5%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.4%	2.8%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	2.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linton	Worthington
1-unit, detached	70.0%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	1.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Linton	Worthington
Poverty rate	19.1%	25.2%
Average household size	2.17	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1961	1954