Malta vs Sandwich

A side-by-side comparison of Malta and Sandwich: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sandwich has the higher population (7,121 vs 1,507 in Malta). Malta has the higher median household income ($83,611 vs $77,027 in Sandwich). Sandwich has the higher median home value ($239,600 vs $178,900 in Malta).

Population, income & housing

	Malta	Sandwich
Population	1,507	7,121
Median age	33.7 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,611	$77,027
Median home value	$178,900	$239,600
Median gross rent	$1,036	$1,044
Housing units	546	2,754
Homeownership rate	66.0%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malta	Sandwich
Population	1,190 → 1,507 (+26.6%)	7,297 → 7,121 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$73,077 → $83,611 (+14.4%)	$65,984 → $77,027 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$138,500 → $178,900 (+29.2%)	$171,000 → $239,600 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,036 (+7.7%)	$1,051 → $1,044 (-0.7%)

Malta

Population

1,1901,507

Median household income

$73,077$83,611

Median home value

$138,500$178,900

Median gross rent

$962$1,036

Sandwich

Population

7,2977,121

Median household income

$65,984$77,027

Median home value

$171,000$239,600

Median gross rent

$1,051$1,044

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malta	Sandwich
Under 5	11.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	20.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	16.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	10.6%
75 and over	3.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malta	Sandwich
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	86.0%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.0%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malta	Sandwich
No high school diploma	14.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	29.1%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malta	Sandwich
Drove alone	74.7%	80.2%
Carpooled	11.0%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	2.2%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.5%	10.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malta	Sandwich
1-unit, detached	71.6%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	1.5%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Malta	Sandwich
Poverty rate	20.4%	7.1%
Average household size	2.81	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1969	1976