Bouton vs Linden

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

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

Bouton has the higher population (173 vs 163 in Linden). Linden has the higher median home value ($106,300 vs $83,800 in Bouton). Since 2019, Bouton's population has grown faster (+41.8% vs -7.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Bouton	Linden
Population	173	163
Median age	28.8 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	—
Median home value	$83,800	$106,300
Median gross rent	$1,089	$1,250
Housing units	63	84
Homeownership rate	64.8%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bouton	Linden
Population	122 → 173 (+41.8%)	176 → 163 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $72,500 (+41.5%)	$58,333 → $76,250 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $83,800 (+25.3%)	$85,000 → $106,300 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,089 (+2.4%)	$539 → $1,250 (+131.9%)

Bouton

Population

122173

Median household income

$51,250$72,500

Median home value

$66,900$83,800

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,089

Linden

Population

176163

Median household income

$58,333$76,250

Median home value

$85,000$106,300

Median gross rent

$539$1,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bouton	Linden
Under 5	9.8%	9.2%
5 to 17	32.4%	31.3%
18 to 24	4.6%	1.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	18.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	6.7%
45 to 54	3.5%	16.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	9.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	5.5%
75 and over	0.6%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bouton	Linden
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	95.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	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	6.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bouton	Linden
No high school diploma	8.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	35.9%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	50.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bouton	Linden
Drove alone	86.3%	86.8%
Carpooled	8.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bouton	Linden
1-unit, detached	90.5%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Bouton	Linden
Poverty rate	17.3%	12.3%
Average household size	3.20	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1944	1938