Linden vs Rahway

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

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

Linden has the higher population (43,614 vs 29,748 in Rahway). Linden has the higher median household income ($91,036 vs $90,852 in Rahway). Linden has the higher median home value ($387,200 vs $362,300 in Rahway).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Rahway
Population	43,614	29,748
Median age	39.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,036	$90,852
Median home value	$387,200	$362,300
Median gross rent	$1,677	$1,764
Housing units	16,142	12,811
Homeownership rate	61.2%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Rahway
Population	42,222 → 43,614 (+3.3%)	29,543 → 29,748 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$73,386 → $91,036 (+24.1%)	$78,946 → $90,852 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$281,800 → $387,200 (+37.4%)	$272,700 → $362,300 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,677 (+27.7%)	$1,310 → $1,764 (+34.7%)

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

Rahway

Population

29,54329,748

Median household income

$78,946$90,852

Median home value

$272,700$362,300

Median gross rent

$1,310$1,764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	Rahway
Under 5	5.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	14.9%	13.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.7%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.3%
75 and over	5.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Rahway
White (non-Hispanic)	31.0%	28.0%
Black or African American	27.2%	30.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.7%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	35.6%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	Rahway
No high school diploma	14.7%	10.4%
High school graduate	33.3%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Rahway
Drove alone	69.9%	60.5%
Carpooled	12.0%	11.3%
Public transit	7.1%	10.9%
Walked	2.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.2%	14.7%
Other means	2.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	Rahway
1-unit, detached	46.7%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	33.5%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	7.8%
20 or more units	9.7%	24.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Rahway
Poverty rate	9.0%	6.8%
Average household size	2.84	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1957	1961