Linden vs Vander

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

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

Vander has the higher population (1,614 vs 118 in Linden). Vander has the higher median household income ($63,611 vs $59,583 in Linden). Vander has the higher median home value ($219,900 vs $139,600 in Linden).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Vander
Population	118	1,614
Median age	39.5 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,583	$63,611
Median home value	$139,600	$219,900
Median gross rent	$1,125	$916
Housing units	62	732
Homeownership rate	88.2%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Vander
Population	115 → 118 (+2.6%)	1,006 → 1,614 (+60.4%)
Median household income	$47,083 → $59,583 (+26.5%)	$37,423 → $63,611 (+70.0%)
Median home value	$108,700 → $139,600 (+28.4%)	$115,600 → $219,900 (+90.2%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $1,125 (+65.4%)	$814 → $916 (+12.5%)

Linden

Population

115118

Median household income

$47,083$59,583

Median home value

$108,700$139,600

Median gross rent

$680$1,125

Vander

Population

1,0061,614

Median household income

$37,423$63,611

Median home value

$115,600$219,900

Median gross rent

$814$916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	Vander
Under 5	4.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	22.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.1%	2.7%
25 to 34	16.1%	6.6%
35 to 44	7.6%	17.3%
45 to 54	6.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.0%	18.5%
65 to 74	17.8%	10.4%
75 and over	9.3%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Vander
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	55.0%
Black or African American	11.0%	35.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	Vander
No high school diploma	16.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	33.3%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Vander
Drove alone	93.6%	91.6%
Carpooled	4.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	Vander
1-unit, detached	85.5%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Vander
Poverty rate	19.5%	29.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	35	28
Median year structure built	1966	1991