Linden vs Minburn

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

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

Minburn has the higher population (319 vs 163 in Linden). Minburn has the higher median home value ($132,600 vs $106,300 in Linden).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Minburn
Population	163	319
Median age	32.0 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$74,063
Median home value	$106,300	$132,600
Median gross rent	$1,250	$921
Housing units	84	178
Homeownership rate	60.0%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Minburn
Population	176 → 163 (-7.4%)	344 → 319 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$58,333 → $76,250 (+30.7%)	$65,000 → $74,063 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $106,300 (+25.1%)	$106,300 → $132,600 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$539 → $1,250 (+131.9%)	$668 → $921 (+37.9%)

Linden

Population

176163

Median household income

$58,333$76,250

Median home value

$85,000$106,300

Median gross rent

$539$1,250

Minburn

Population

344319

Median household income

$65,000$74,063

Median home value

$106,300$132,600

Median gross rent

$668$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	Minburn
Under 5	9.2%	9.1%
5 to 17	31.3%	13.8%
18 to 24	1.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	18.4%	9.4%
35 to 44	6.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	16.6%	16.6%
55 to 64	9.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	5.5%	9.1%
75 and over	1.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Minburn
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	92.5%
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	2.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	Minburn
No high school diploma	5.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	31.6%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	50.5%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Minburn
Drove alone	86.8%	82.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	Minburn
1-unit, detached	86.9%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Minburn
Poverty rate	12.3%	4.1%
Average household size	2.72	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1938	1938