Cherry vs Malden

A side-by-side comparison of Cherry and Malden: population, income, housing, and more.

Cherry and Malden are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cherry has the higher population (488 vs 473 in Malden). Malden has the higher median household income ($69,327 vs $47,250 in Cherry). Malden has the higher median home value ($102,600 vs $96,900 in Cherry).

Population, income & housing

	Cherry	Malden
Population	488	473
Median age	54.5 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,250	$69,327
Median home value	$96,900	$102,600
Median gross rent	$892	$1,014
Housing units	249	170
Homeownership rate	85.3%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	13.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherry	Malden
Population	403 → 488 (+21.1%)	311 → 473 (+52.1%)
Median household income	$49,583 → $47,250 (-4.7%)	$41,667 → $69,327 (+66.4%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $96,900 (+23.4%)	$78,500 → $102,600 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $892 (+14.8%)	$845 → $1,014 (+20.0%)

Cherry

Population

403488

Median household income

$49,583$47,250

Median home value

$78,500$96,900

Median gross rent

$777$892

Malden

Population

311473

Median household income

$41,667$69,327

Median home value

$78,500$102,600

Median gross rent

$845$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherry	Malden
Under 5	5.1%	12.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	19.5%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	15.2%
35 to 44	8.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	7.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	15.6%	5.3%
75 and over	18.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherry	Malden
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherry	Malden
No high school diploma	18.9%	11.0%
High school graduate	40.4%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherry	Malden
Drove alone	90.3%	83.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	2.0%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherry	Malden
1-unit, detached	98.0%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Cherry	Malden
Poverty rate	12.3%	22.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1944	1955