Linden vs Queen City

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

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

Linden has the higher population (1,742 vs 1,403 in Queen City). Linden has the higher median household income ($47,542 vs $43,333 in Queen City). Linden has the higher median home value ($128,700 vs $124,000 in Queen City).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Queen City
Population	1,742	1,403
Median age	47.1 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,542	$43,333
Median home value	$128,700	$124,000
Median gross rent	$642	$760
Housing units	991	717
Homeownership rate	58.7%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Queen City
Population	1,944 → 1,742 (-10.4%)	1,644 → 1,403 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$34,767 → $47,542 (+36.7%)	$44,196 → $43,333 (-2.0%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $128,700 (+61.7%)	$82,400 → $124,000 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$511 → $642 (+25.6%)	$594 → $760 (+27.9%)

Linden

Population

1,9441,742

Median household income

$34,767$47,542

Median home value

$79,600$128,700

Median gross rent

$511$642

Queen City

Population

1,6441,403

Median household income

$44,196$43,333

Median home value

$82,400$124,000

Median gross rent

$594$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	Queen City
Under 5	4.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	3.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	18.2%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	7.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	15.0%	10.5%
75 and over	13.4%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Queen City
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	80.1%
Black or African American	21.2%	18.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	Queen City
No high school diploma	14.2%	8.3%
High school graduate	35.9%	51.9%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Queen City
Drove alone	85.6%	85.5%
Carpooled	2.4%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	Queen City
1-unit, detached	74.2%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Queen City
Poverty rate	27.8%	19.9%
Average household size	2.01	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	26	17
Median year structure built	1973	1978