Linden, Alabama.
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to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$642 (+105%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Alabama$1,252
- United States$1,922
Living in Linden, Marengo County, Alabama
Linden is a town of 1,930 people in Marengo County. 58% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 42% are rented. Unemployment in Marengo County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Linden is a small Alabama town and the seat of Marengo County. Most homes here are lived in by their owners, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in much of the country. Household incomes across Marengo County sit below the national picture, and a good number of residents live below the poverty line.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in transport, warehouses and utilities, and in shops. Across Marengo County, some of the largest workplaces are Smurfit Westrock, a pulp mill making paperboard, Walmart, and Whitfield Regional Hospital. Unemployment across the county has risen a little over the past year, and the county has fewer jobs than it did a year earlier. Very few people work from home.
Things to do. Chickasaw State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to the Black Warrior River, and to the Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum. Winters are mild and almost snowless, summers are hot, and the year is a wet one, so outdoor days tend to suit the cooler months best.
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- 814households
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 23%below the poverty line
- 4%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Marengo County had 7,243 jobs in 2025, 0.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 57° and lows near 34°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 71°. About 56 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Demopolis L&d weather station, 16 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Marengo County
- Smurfit WestrockPulp mills producing paperboard431
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters269
- Whitfield Regional HospitalGeneral hospital249FTE
- Demopolis City SchoolsSchool district234FTE
- Two Rivers Lumber CoHome centers, building materials162
- Marengo County SchoolsSchool district156FTE
- Pritchett Forestry ServicesForest management plans preparation95
- Crowne Health CareNursing homes92
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 14 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,394 people in all across the county; Linden has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windVery high
- LightningVery high
- TornadoesVery high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Linden’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Marengo County.
Linden home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Linden9
Zip codes with a Linden address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Linden — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.