Elizabeth vs Linden

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

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

Elizabeth has the higher population (135,887 vs 43,614 in Linden). Linden has the higher median household income ($91,036 vs $63,874 in Elizabeth). Elizabeth has the higher median home value ($393,500 vs $387,200 in Linden).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabeth	Linden
Population	135,887	43,614
Median age	35.8 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,874	$91,036
Median home value	$393,500	$387,200
Median gross rent	$1,463	$1,677
Housing units	48,940	16,142
Homeownership rate	25.4%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabeth	Linden
Population	128,333 → 135,887 (+5.9%)	42,222 → 43,614 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$48,407 → $63,874 (+32.0%)	$73,386 → $91,036 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$282,700 → $393,500 (+39.2%)	$281,800 → $387,200 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,463 (+25.8%)	$1,313 → $1,677 (+27.7%)

Elizabeth

Population

128,333135,887

Median household income

$48,407$63,874

Median home value

$282,700$393,500

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,463

Linden

Population

42,22243,614

Median household income

$73,386$91,036

Median home value

$281,800$387,200

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,677

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabeth	Linden
Under 5	7.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.0%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.0%
75 and over	4.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabeth	Linden
White (non-Hispanic)	13.0%	31.0%
Black or African American	15.2%	27.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	66.8%	35.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabeth	Linden
No high school diploma	25.7%	14.7%
High school graduate	38.5%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabeth	Linden
Drove alone	59.1%	69.9%
Carpooled	15.2%	12.0%
Public transit	11.5%	7.1%
Walked	4.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.7%	6.2%
Other means	3.5%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabeth	Linden
1-unit, detached	13.3%	46.7%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	47.1%	33.5%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	4.7%
20 or more units	19.3%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Elizabeth	Linden
Poverty rate	15.3%	9.0%
Average household size	2.93	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1955	1957