Linden vs New Ross

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

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

Linden has the higher population (526 vs 381 in New Ross). Linden has the higher median household income ($60,714 vs $55,625 in New Ross). New Ross has the higher median home value ($130,300 vs $113,300 in Linden).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	New Ross
Population	526	381
Median age	54.1 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,714	$55,625
Median home value	$113,300	$130,300
Median gross rent	$648	$1,000
Housing units	284	175
Homeownership rate	73.1%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	New Ross
Population	690 → 526 (-23.8%)	455 → 381 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$52,115 → $60,714 (+16.5%)	$54,766 → $55,625 (+1.6%)
Median home value	$80,200 → $113,300 (+41.3%)	$84,900 → $130,300 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $648 (-4.8%)	$919 → $1,000 (+8.8%)

Linden

Population

690526

Median household income

$52,115$60,714

Median home value

$80,200$113,300

Median gross rent

$681$648

New Ross

Population

455381

Median household income

$54,766$55,625

Median home value

$84,900$130,300

Median gross rent

$919$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	New Ross
Under 5	4.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	10.6%	10.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.2%	7.9%
35 to 44	6.3%	7.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	16.0%
55 to 64	26.6%	15.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.0%
75 and over	9.7%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	New Ross
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	New Ross
No high school diploma	9.6%	6.9%
High school graduate	50.5%	62.8%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	New Ross
Drove alone	81.1%	90.6%
Carpooled	15.4%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	New Ross
1-unit, detached	83.5%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Linden	New Ross
Poverty rate	15.1%	12.6%
Average household size	1.99	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1957	1938