Linden vs Wingate

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

Linden and Wingate 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 327 in Wingate). Wingate has the higher median household income ($62,019 vs $60,714 in Linden). Linden has the higher median home value ($113,300 vs $77,500 in Wingate).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Wingate
Population	526	327
Median age	54.1 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,714	$62,019
Median home value	$113,300	$77,500
Median gross rent	$648	$638
Housing units	284	149
Homeownership rate	73.1%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	2.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Wingate
Population	690 → 526 (-23.8%)	268 → 327 (+22.0%)
Median household income	$52,115 → $60,714 (+16.5%)	$51,500 → $62,019 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$80,200 → $113,300 (+41.3%)	$60,000 → $77,500 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $648 (-4.8%)	$513 → $638 (+24.4%)

Linden

Population

690526

Median household income

$52,115$60,714

Median home value

$80,200$113,300

Median gross rent

$681$648

Wingate

Population

268327

Median household income

$51,500$62,019

Median home value

$60,000$77,500

Median gross rent

$513$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	Wingate
Under 5	4.4%	0.3%
5 to 17	10.6%	11.9%
18 to 24	5.9%	15.3%
25 to 34	15.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	6.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	26.6%	22.9%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.8%
75 and over	9.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Wingate
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	96.6%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	Wingate
No high school diploma	9.6%	14.8%
High school graduate	50.5%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Wingate
Drove alone	81.1%	80.6%
Carpooled	15.4%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	Wingate
1-unit, detached	83.5%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.8%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Wingate
Poverty rate	15.1%	12.2%
Average household size	1.99	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	36
Median year structure built	1957	1938