Linden vs Stedman

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

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

Stedman has the higher population (1,613 vs 118 in Linden). Stedman has the higher median household income ($105,491 vs $59,583 in Linden). Stedman has the higher median home value ($205,800 vs $139,600 in Linden).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Stedman
Population	118	1,613
Median age	39.5 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,583	$105,491
Median home value	$139,600	$205,800
Median gross rent	$1,125	$1,539
Housing units	62	645
Homeownership rate	88.2%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Stedman
Population	115 → 118 (+2.6%)	1,364 → 1,613 (+18.3%)
Median household income	$47,083 → $59,583 (+26.5%)	$66,563 → $105,491 (+58.5%)
Median home value	$108,700 → $139,600 (+28.4%)	$161,600 → $205,800 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $1,125 (+65.4%)	$777 → $1,539 (+98.1%)

Linden

Population

115118

Median household income

$47,083$59,583

Median home value

$108,700$139,600

Median gross rent

$680$1,125

Stedman

Population

1,3641,613

Median household income

$66,563$105,491

Median home value

$161,600$205,800

Median gross rent

$777$1,539

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	Stedman
Under 5	4.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	22.0%	22.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	16.1%	15.1%
35 to 44	7.6%	20.1%
45 to 54	6.8%	7.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	17.8%	4.1%
75 and over	9.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Stedman
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	69.6%
Black or African American	11.0%	17.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	Stedman
No high school diploma	16.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	33.3%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Stedman
Drove alone	93.6%	89.1%
Carpooled	4.3%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	Stedman
1-unit, detached	85.5%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Stedman
Poverty rate	19.5%	6.4%
Average household size	2.31	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1966	2003