Linnsburg vs Waveland

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

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

Waveland has the higher population (431 vs 46 in Linnsburg). Linnsburg has the higher median home value ($139,100 vs $96,800 in Waveland). Since 2019, Linnsburg's population has grown faster (+70.4% vs -17.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Linnsburg	Waveland
Population	46	431
Median age	74.8 yrs	27.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$60,956
Median home value	$139,100	$96,800
Median gross rent	—	$920
Housing units	27	185
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linnsburg	Waveland
Population	27 → 46 (+70.4%)	522 → 431 (-17.4%)
Median household income	—	$52,788 → $60,956 (+15.5%)
Median home value	—	$74,600 → $96,800 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$842 → $920 (+9.3%)

Linnsburg

Population

2746

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)

	Linnsburg	Waveland
Under 5	0.0%	13.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	26.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	23.9%	1.4%
65 to 74	34.8%	7.2%
75 and over	41.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linnsburg	Waveland
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	21.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linnsburg	Waveland
No high school diploma	17.4%	8.7%
High school graduate	37.0%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	45.7%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linnsburg	Waveland
Drove alone	100.0%	84.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linnsburg	Waveland
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Linnsburg	Waveland
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.8%
Average household size	1.70	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1938	1938