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Linden city, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Linden city is a Census city of 44,192 people across 10.69 square miles of land, in Union County. Median household income is $92,915, 59.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 106 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $49.9 m.
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Linden
What Linden is
- Census place typecity
- Land area10.69 sq mi
- Water area0.66 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,135
- County holding the largest share of its areaUnion County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Linden
How many people live in Linden
- Population44,192
- Median age40.1
- Population under 189,003
- Share under 1820.4 percent
- Population 65 and over6,634
- Share 65 and over15.0 percent
- Households15,463
- Family households10,904
- Share of households that are families70.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Linden
Income and work in Linden
- Median household income$92,915
- Per capita income$41,092
- Civilian labor force25,615
- Employed23,188
- Unemployed2,427
- Unemployment rate9.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over31,774
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Linden
Housing in Linden
- Housing units16,149
- Occupied units15,463
- Vacant units686 plus or minus 208
- Vacancy rate4.2 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Owner occupied9,196
- Renter occupied6,267
- Ownership rate59.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$419,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,731
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.4 percent
- Single family units8,121
- Share single family50.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more7,940
- Share in buildings of two or more49.2 percent
- Mobile homes88 plus or minus 66
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Linden
How Linden gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute20,882
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,742
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more9,735
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more46.6 percent
- Drove alone69.2 percent
- Carpooled11.2 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Public transport6.5 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Walked2.5 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home7.3 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Linden
SBA 7(a) lending to Linden borrowers
- Approvals106
- Gross approval$49,927,500
- Average approval$471,014
- Median approval$175,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,275,000
- Largest approval$3,960,000
- Jobs supported927
- Jobs per approval8.7
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Paid in full7
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more15.1 percent
- Share to franchises2.8 percent
- Distinct lenders28
- Distinct industries by NAICS71
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 7 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Linden
SBA 504 lending to Linden borrowers
- Approvals13
- Gross approval$19,310,000
- Average approval$1,485,385
- Median approval$792,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported289
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Union County, not Linden
Union County context, not Linden figures
These are Union County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Linden measurements.
- Establishments in Union County14,276
- Employment at those establishments, Union County208,505
- Covered employment, Union County229,010
- Average annual pay, Union County$84,322
- Average weekly wage, Union County$1,622
- Housing units permitted, Union County1,696
- Of those, single family, Union County212
- County product, 2024, Union County$51,947,451,000
- County product change over the prior year, Union County5.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Union County$118,079
Every figure in this section is published for Union County as a whole and is not a measurement of Linden. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Linden questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Linden, New Jersey?
44,192, in 15,463 households. Linden city covers 10.69 square miles of land, which is 4,135 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Linden in?
Union County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Linden?
$92,915. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $419,700. Median gross rent is $1,731 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Linden businesses?
106 7(a) approvals totalling $49.9 m, across 28 lenders, median approval $175,000, plus 13 504 approvals worth $19.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Linden, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Linden borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Linden. only 7 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Linden figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Union County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Linden.
Is zoning published for Linden?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.