Electricity rates in Linden, New Jersey

Linden on the map

Who supplies Linden

Union County lists 2 utilities for Linden, NJ, a city of 43,614: no plan prices, and retail supplier plans are not in public data; which listed utility delivers to your street depends on the address. Union County page.

Housing and heating in Linden

Linden, NJ: 12,337 of 16,142 homes were built before 1980 and 1,665 in 2000 or later. Linden, NJ has 7,537 detached houses, 2,325 homes in 5+ unit buildings and 68 mobile homes.

Facts about Linden

Residents of Linden, NJ, ACS 2023

43,61423 of 31 New Jersey cities with 30,000+

Median household income in Linden, NJ

$91,03611 of 31 of those cities

Households in Linden, NJ

15,2902.85 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Linden, NJ

61.2%9,364 owners and 5,926 renter households

Housing units in Linden, NJ

16,142852 vacant or seasonal

Homes heated by electricity in Linden, NJ

10.0%1,531 of 15,290 homes

Land area of Linden, NJ

10.7 sq mi4,080.7 people per sq mi

Bill as share of income in Linden, NJ

1.7%at 662 kWh a month over the $91,036 median household income

Wind and tornado reports within 15 miles of Linden, NJ

380NWS point reports 2015 to 2025, 871.3 per 100,000 residents

Median year homes were built in Linden, NJ

195712,337 of 16,142 homes (76.4%) before 1980

Median home value and rent in Linden, NJ

$387,200$1,677 gross rent a month, 5.20% of value a year

Electricity price since 2015 around Linden

Linden has no price series of its own. Linden: the New Jersey average was 15.81 ¢/kWh in 2015. Linden: 19.34 ¢ in 2024, 22% up. Linden: against 30% up for the U.S. average.

Linden: a 662 kWh month at the New Jersey price. Linden: $105 in 2015, $128 in 2024. Linden: $1,537 a year, 1.7% of the $91,036 median income.

Cost of living with electricity in Linden

Linden, NJ: 15,290 households at $986 a year per home for electricity (Union County average, DOE LEAD) come to about $15.1 million, an estimate; all home energy is $1,898 a year per household.

Who lives in Linden: income, cars, homes

Linden, NJ homes: 10,112 have 3+ bedrooms, 2,298 none or one, median 5.4 rooms. In Linden, NJ, 2,265 of 15,290 households earn under $35,000, 3,941 $35,000-$75,000, 5,061 $75,000-$150,000 and 4,023 $150,000 or more. In Linden, NJ, 1,603 households own no vehicle and 8,358 own two or more; home EV charging depends on that. In Linden, NJ, 2,859 of 5,704 renter households pay 30% or more of income in rent; 4,561 households moved in since 2018 and 2,671 before 2000, so electric accounts turn over at a moderate pace. 3,871 residents of Linden, NJ live below the poverty line, and the median age is 39.8. Of 22,198 workers in Linden, NJ, 1,371 work from home, 15,508 drive alone, 1,572 ride transit and 531 walk.

Outage risk around Linden

Linden, NJ, NWS reports within 15 miles of the center, 2015 to 2025: 376 wind and 4 tornado, 871.3 per 100,000 residents of 43,614. Top gust near Linden, NJ: 63 knots, 72 mph. Damage near Linden, NJ: $1.5M.

Climate and electric heating around Linden

Linden is in Union County, NJ. Linden: degree days are county values.

Linden: 4,970 heating degree days a year. Linden: 989 cooling degree days a year.

Linden: NOAA nClimDiv 7 Oct 2026; ACS B25040.

Bill and heat pump calculator, Linden

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ZIP codes in Linden

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