Linden vs Mineral Point

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

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

Mineral Point has the higher population (2,575 vs 539 in Linden). Mineral Point has the higher median household income ($78,958 vs $61,406 in Linden). Mineral Point has the higher median home value ($213,000 vs $161,100 in Linden).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Mineral Point
Population	539	2,575
Median age	35.9 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,406	$78,958
Median home value	$161,100	$213,000
Median gross rent	$446	$767
Housing units	259	1,147
Homeownership rate	82.1%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Mineral Point
Population	512 → 539 (+5.3%)	2,625 → 2,575 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$49,464 → $61,406 (+24.1%)	$52,283 → $78,958 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$110,800 → $161,100 (+45.4%)	$171,200 → $213,000 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$329 → $446 (+35.6%)	$757 → $767 (+1.3%)

Linden

Population

512539

Median household income

$49,464$61,406

Median home value

$110,800$161,100

Median gross rent

$329$446

Mineral Point

Population

2,6252,575

Median household income

$52,283$78,958

Median home value

$171,200$213,000

Median gross rent

$757$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	Mineral Point
Under 5	5.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.0%	20.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	17.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.0%
75 and over	6.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Mineral Point
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	Mineral Point
No high school diploma	5.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	40.7%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Mineral Point
Drove alone	82.4%	76.9%
Carpooled	12.2%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.2%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	Mineral Point
1-unit, detached	73.7%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Mineral Point
Poverty rate	9.1%	4.7%
Average household size	2.15	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1956	1949