Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Malden is worth considering.
Being a small city, Malden does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Malden is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.62% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Malden in 2022 was $25,634, which is lower middle income relative to Missouri, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,536 for a family of four. However, Malden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Malden also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.11% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Malden is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Malden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Malden residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Malden include German, Irish, English, European, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Malden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
