Darlington vs Linden

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

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

Darlington has the higher population (829 vs 526 in Linden). Linden has the higher median household income ($60,714 vs $53,417 in Darlington). Darlington has the higher median home value ($119,700 vs $113,300 in Linden).

Population, income & housing

	Darlington	Linden
Population	829	526
Median age	43.5 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,417	$60,714
Median home value	$119,700	$113,300
Median gross rent	$732	$648
Housing units	349	284
Homeownership rate	77.3%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darlington	Linden
Population	857 → 829 (-3.3%)	690 → 526 (-23.8%)
Median household income	$61,600 → $53,417 (-13.3%)	$52,115 → $60,714 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $119,700 (+33.1%)	$80,200 → $113,300 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$726 → $732 (+0.8%)	$681 → $648 (-4.8%)

Darlington

Population

857829

Median household income

$61,600$53,417

Median home value

$89,900$119,700

Median gross rent

$726$732

Linden

Population

690526

Median household income

$52,115$60,714

Median home value

$80,200$113,300

Median gross rent

$681$648

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darlington	Linden
Under 5	6.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	11.2%	10.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	15.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	6.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	26.6%
65 to 74	4.9%	12.0%
75 and over	18.6%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darlington	Linden
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darlington	Linden
No high school diploma	7.5%	9.6%
High school graduate	61.0%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	17.1%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darlington	Linden
Drove alone	78.1%	81.1%
Carpooled	12.2%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darlington	Linden
1-unit, detached	77.1%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Darlington	Linden
Poverty rate	12.9%	15.1%
Average household size	2.58	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1938	1957