Malta vs Shabbona

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

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

Malta has the higher population (1,507 vs 756 in Shabbona). Malta has the higher median household income ($83,611 vs $75,375 in Shabbona). Shabbona has the higher median home value ($180,400 vs $178,900 in Malta).

Population, income & housing

	Malta	Shabbona
Population	1,507	756
Median age	33.7 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,611	$75,375
Median home value	$178,900	$180,400
Median gross rent	$1,036	$885
Housing units	546	350
Homeownership rate	66.0%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malta	Shabbona
Population	1,190 → 1,507 (+26.6%)	1,112 → 756 (-32.0%)
Median household income	$73,077 → $83,611 (+14.4%)	$59,583 → $75,375 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$138,500 → $178,900 (+29.2%)	$154,900 → $180,400 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,036 (+7.7%)	$773 → $885 (+14.5%)

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

Shabbona

Population

1,112756

Median household income

$59,583$75,375

Median home value

$154,900$180,400

Median gross rent

$773$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malta	Shabbona
Under 5	11.1%	2.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	10.2%
18 to 24	9.9%	13.5%
25 to 34	14.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	7.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.8%	13.5%
75 and over	3.9%	20.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malta	Shabbona
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	87.3%
Black or African American	2.8%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.0%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malta	Shabbona
No high school diploma	14.5%	6.5%
High school graduate	29.1%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malta	Shabbona
Drove alone	74.7%	90.6%
Carpooled	11.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	7.5%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	1.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malta	Shabbona
1-unit, detached	71.6%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.5%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Malta	Shabbona
Poverty rate	20.4%	9.3%
Average household size	2.81	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1969	1963