Linden vs Waveland

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

Linden and Waveland 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 431 in Waveland). Waveland has the higher median household income ($60,956 vs $60,714 in Linden). Linden has the higher median home value ($113,300 vs $96,800 in Waveland).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Waveland
Population	526	431
Median age	54.1 yrs	27.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,714	$60,956
Median home value	$113,300	$96,800
Median gross rent	$648	$920
Housing units	284	185
Homeownership rate	73.1%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Waveland
Population	690 → 526 (-23.8%)	522 → 431 (-17.4%)
Median household income	$52,115 → $60,714 (+16.5%)	$52,788 → $60,956 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$80,200 → $113,300 (+41.3%)	$74,600 → $96,800 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $648 (-4.8%)	$842 → $920 (+9.3%)

Linden

Population

690526

Median household income

$52,115$60,714

Median home value

$80,200$113,300

Median gross rent

$681$648

Waveland

Population

522431

Median household income

$52,788$60,956

Median home value

$74,600$96,800

Median gross rent

$842$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	Waveland
Under 5	4.4%	13.9%
5 to 17	10.6%	26.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.2%	13.5%
35 to 44	6.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	26.6%	1.4%
65 to 74	12.0%	7.2%
75 and over	9.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Waveland
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	97.2%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	Waveland
No high school diploma	9.6%	8.7%
High school graduate	50.5%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Waveland
Drove alone	81.1%	84.0%
Carpooled	15.4%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	Waveland
1-unit, detached	83.5%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Waveland
Poverty rate	15.1%	15.8%
Average household size	1.99	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1957	1938