Linden vs Redfield

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

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

Redfield has the higher population (782 vs 163 in Linden). Redfield has the higher median home value ($130,100 vs $106,300 in Linden). Since 2019, Redfield's population has grown faster (+25.7% vs -7.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Redfield
Population	163	782
Median age	32.0 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$81,328
Median home value	$106,300	$130,100
Median gross rent	$1,250	$781
Housing units	84	331
Homeownership rate	60.0%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Redfield
Population	176 → 163 (-7.4%)	622 → 782 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$58,333 → $76,250 (+30.7%)	$53,750 → $81,328 (+51.3%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $106,300 (+25.1%)	$97,100 → $130,100 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$539 → $1,250 (+131.9%)	$875 → $781 (-10.7%)

Linden

Population

176163

Median household income

$58,333$76,250

Median home value

$85,000$106,300

Median gross rent

$539$1,250

Redfield

Population

622782

Median household income

$53,750$81,328

Median home value

$97,100$130,100

Median gross rent

$875$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	Redfield
Under 5	9.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	31.3%	23.1%
18 to 24	1.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	18.4%	15.9%
35 to 44	6.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	16.6%	7.3%
55 to 64	9.2%	11.0%
65 to 74	5.5%	7.4%
75 and over	1.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Redfield
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
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%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	Redfield
No high school diploma	5.3%	6.2%
High school graduate	31.6%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	50.5%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Redfield
Drove alone	86.8%	82.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	Redfield
1-unit, detached	86.9%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Redfield
Poverty rate	12.3%	7.2%
Average household size	2.72	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1938	1944