The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Malden has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Malden a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small city, Malden does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Malden with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.62% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or 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.
