Linden vs New Market

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

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

New Market has the higher population (544 vs 526 in Linden). New Market has the higher median household income ($72,917 vs $60,714 in Linden). New Market has the higher median home value ($136,900 vs $113,300 in Linden).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	New Market
Population	526	544
Median age	54.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,714	$72,917
Median home value	$113,300	$136,900
Median gross rent	$648	$964
Housing units	284	244
Homeownership rate	73.1%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	New Market
Population	690 → 526 (-23.8%)	599 → 544 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$52,115 → $60,714 (+16.5%)	$58,984 → $72,917 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$80,200 → $113,300 (+41.3%)	$92,300 → $136,900 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $648 (-4.8%)	$867 → $964 (+11.2%)

Linden

Population

690526

Median household income

$52,115$60,714

Median home value

$80,200$113,300

Median gross rent

$681$648

New Market

Population

599544

Median household income

$58,984$72,917

Median home value

$92,300$136,900

Median gross rent

$867$964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	New Market
Under 5	4.4%	1.3%
5 to 17	10.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.1%
35 to 44	6.3%	9.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	26.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	12.0%	17.5%
75 and over	9.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	New Market
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	96.9%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	New Market
No high school diploma	9.6%	7.6%
High school graduate	50.5%	53.5%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	New Market
Drove alone	81.1%	87.5%
Carpooled	15.4%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	New Market
1-unit, detached	83.5%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Linden	New Market
Poverty rate	15.1%	2.8%
Average household size	1.99	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1957	1956