Atlanta vs Linden

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

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

Atlanta has the higher population (5,434 vs 1,742 in Linden). Atlanta has the higher median household income ($62,675 vs $47,542 in Linden). Atlanta has the higher median home value ($165,300 vs $128,700 in Linden).

Population, income & housing

	Atlanta	Linden
Population	5,434	1,742
Median age	39.7 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,675	$47,542
Median home value	$165,300	$128,700
Median gross rent	$836	$642
Housing units	2,464	991
Homeownership rate	66.7%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlanta	Linden
Population	5,495 → 5,434 (-1.1%)	1,944 → 1,742 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$42,286 → $62,675 (+48.2%)	$34,767 → $47,542 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $165,300 (+88.5%)	$79,600 → $128,700 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $836 (+15.5%)	$511 → $642 (+25.6%)

Atlanta

Population

5,4955,434

Median household income

$42,286$62,675

Median home value

$87,700$165,300

Median gross rent

$724$836

Linden

Population

1,9441,742

Median household income

$34,767$47,542

Median home value

$79,600$128,700

Median gross rent

$511$642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlanta	Linden
Under 5	4.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	3.4%
25 to 34	19.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	5.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	17.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	15.0%
75 and over	11.1%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlanta	Linden
White (non-Hispanic)	54.9%	71.1%
Black or African American	27.8%	21.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	3.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlanta	Linden
No high school diploma	13.9%	14.2%
High school graduate	31.4%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlanta	Linden
Drove alone	80.4%	85.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	9.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlanta	Linden
1-unit, detached	76.8%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Atlanta	Linden
Poverty rate	23.7%	27.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1975	1973