Linden vs Swartz Creek

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

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

Swartz Creek has the higher population (5,856 vs 4,150 in Linden). Linden has the higher median household income ($77,434 vs $73,862 in Swartz Creek). Linden has the higher median home value ($232,300 vs $168,900 in Swartz Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Swartz Creek
Population	4,150	5,856
Median age	39.7 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,434	$73,862
Median home value	$232,300	$168,900
Median gross rent	$683	$995
Housing units	1,574	2,774
Homeownership rate	91.4%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Swartz Creek
Population	3,895 → 4,150 (+6.5%)	5,535 → 5,856 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$72,933 → $77,434 (+6.2%)	$52,702 → $73,862 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$166,500 → $232,300 (+39.5%)	$118,400 → $168,900 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $683 (-11.8%)	$789 → $995 (+26.1%)

Linden

Population

3,8954,150

Median household income

$72,933$77,434

Median home value

$166,500$232,300

Median gross rent

$774$683

Swartz Creek

Population

5,5355,856

Median household income

$52,702$73,862

Median home value

$118,400$168,900

Median gross rent

$789$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	Swartz Creek
Under 5	7.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	11.1%
25 to 34	15.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	9.6%
45 to 54	18.1%	15.1%
55 to 64	7.6%	9.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.6%
75 and over	10.1%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Swartz Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	Swartz Creek
No high school diploma	4.7%	4.0%
High school graduate	27.1%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Swartz Creek
Drove alone	76.3%	83.6%
Carpooled	15.5%	3.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	Swartz Creek
1-unit, detached	82.3%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Swartz Creek
Poverty rate	5.5%	8.6%
Average household size	2.62	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1991	1976