Malden vs Neponset

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

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

Malden has the higher population (473 vs 411 in Neponset). Neponset has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $69,327 in Malden). Malden has the higher median home value ($102,600 vs $73,800 in Neponset).

Population, income & housing

	Malden	Neponset
Population	473	411
Median age	33.4 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,327	$74,375
Median home value	$102,600	$73,800
Median gross rent	$1,014	$770
Housing units	170	202
Homeownership rate	86.7%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malden	Neponset
Population	311 → 473 (+52.1%)	454 → 411 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $69,327 (+66.4%)	$53,182 → $74,375 (+39.8%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $102,600 (+30.7%)	$65,200 → $73,800 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,014 (+20.0%)	$679 → $770 (+13.4%)

Malden

Population

311473

Median household income

$41,667$69,327

Median home value

$78,500$102,600

Median gross rent

$845$1,014

Neponset

Population

454411

Median household income

$53,182$74,375

Median home value

$65,200$73,800

Median gross rent

$679$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malden	Neponset
Under 5	12.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.5%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	15.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	9.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	5.3%	5.6%
75 and over	5.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malden	Neponset
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malden	Neponset
No high school diploma	11.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	36.2%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malden	Neponset
Drove alone	83.3%	76.8%
Carpooled	13.2%	16.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malden	Neponset
1-unit, detached	88.2%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Malden	Neponset
Poverty rate	22.8%	11.9%
Average household size	2.87	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1955	1955