What is the population of Linden city?

Linden city has 4,150 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #202 of 745 in Michigan.

What is the median household income in Linden city?

Median household income in Linden city is $77,434 a year, 1.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Linden city?

Median gross rent is $683 a month and the median home value is $232,300, so rent absorbs about 10.6% of median household income.

Is Linden city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Linden city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 10.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Linden, MI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Linden, Michigan (Linden, MI — Census place “Linden city”) is 4,150 residents, ranking #202 of 745 places in Michigan. Median household income is $77,434, the median home is worth $232,300 and median gross rent runs $683 a month. Looking for the Linden Michigan ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Linden, MI: 48451.

Population: 4,150Linden city residents
Median household income: $77,434Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $232,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $683Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 91.4%Owner-occupied households

Linden ZIP codes (Michigan)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Linden.

The Linden MI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

48451

What the numbers mean in Linden city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Linden city median would spend about 10.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.5% of residents and 91.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Linden city, MI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Linden city is a small town in Michigan, with 4,150 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #202 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 72% of them. The median age here is 39.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Linden city earn a median of $77,434 a year, 1.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 25% above the $61,715 median for the 438 Michigan cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 5.5% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Linden city is valued at $232,300, 23.4% below the national figure and 40% above the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $683 a month, 51.4% below the national figure, or roughly $8,196 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 10.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 91.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Linden city?: Linden city has 4,150 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #202 of 745 in Michigan.
What is the median household income in Linden city?: Median household income in Linden city is $77,434 a year, 1.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Linden city?: Median gross rent is $683 a month and the median home value is $232,300, so rent absorbs about 10.6% of median household income.
Is Linden city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Linden city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 10.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Linden city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.