Linwood is a town in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States.

At the 2000 census there were 1,111 people, 388 households, and 316 families in the town.

The population density was 34.8 people per square mile (13.4/km2).

There were 411 housing units at an average density of 12.9 per square mile (5.0/km2).

[2] Of the 388 households 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.5% were married couples living together, 4.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.3% were non-families.