Linden vs Summit

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

Linden and Summit 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 22,512 in Summit). Summit has the higher median household income ($199,107 vs $91,036 in Linden). Summit has the higher median home value ($969,900 vs $387,200 in Linden).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Summit
Population	43,614	22,512
Median age	39.8 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,036	$199,107
Median home value	$387,200	$969,900
Median gross rent	$1,677	$2,308
Housing units	16,142	8,603
Homeownership rate	61.2%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	72.7%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Summit
Population	42,222 → 43,614 (+3.3%)	21,913 → 22,512 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$73,386 → $91,036 (+24.1%)	$157,835 → $199,107 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$281,800 → $387,200 (+37.4%)	$890,100 → $969,900 (+9.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,677 (+27.7%)	$1,880 → $2,308 (+22.8%)

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

Summit

Population

21,91322,512

Median household income

$157,835$199,107

Median home value

$890,100$969,900

Median gross rent

$1,880$2,308

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	Summit
Under 5	5.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	7.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	16.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.6%
75 and over	5.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	31.0%	66.7%
Black or African American	27.2%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	35.6%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	Summit
No high school diploma	14.7%	4.0%
High school graduate	33.3%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	37.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Summit
Drove alone	69.9%	47.1%
Carpooled	12.0%	3.8%
Public transit	7.1%	18.5%
Walked	2.4%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.2%	20.0%
Other means	2.3%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	Summit
1-unit, detached	46.7%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	33.5%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	6.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Summit
Poverty rate	9.0%	3.9%
Average household size	2.84	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1957	1953