Linden vs Waynetown

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

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

Waynetown has the higher population (790 vs 526 in Linden). Linden has the higher median household income ($60,714 vs $58,977 in Waynetown). Linden has the higher median home value ($113,300 vs $112,800 in Waynetown).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Waynetown
Population	526	790
Median age	54.1 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,714	$58,977
Median home value	$113,300	$112,800
Median gross rent	$648	$864
Housing units	284	359
Homeownership rate	73.1%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Waynetown
Population	690 → 526 (-23.8%)	1,134 → 790 (-30.3%)
Median household income	$52,115 → $60,714 (+16.5%)	$54,083 → $58,977 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$80,200 → $113,300 (+41.3%)	$85,900 → $112,800 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $648 (-4.8%)	$780 → $864 (+10.8%)

Linden

Population

690526

Median household income

$52,115$60,714

Median home value

$80,200$113,300

Median gross rent

$681$648

Waynetown

Population

1,134790

Median household income

$54,083$58,977

Median home value

$85,900$112,800

Median gross rent

$780$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	Waynetown
Under 5	4.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	10.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	17.1%
35 to 44	6.3%	9.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	26.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.4%
75 and over	9.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Waynetown
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	84.3%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.9%
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%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	Waynetown
No high school diploma	9.6%	11.7%
High school graduate	50.5%	55.7%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Waynetown
Drove alone	81.1%	87.3%
Carpooled	15.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	Waynetown
1-unit, detached	83.5%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Waynetown
Poverty rate	15.1%	14.9%
Average household size	1.99	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1957	1951