Lake Eliza vs Malden

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

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

Lake Eliza has the higher population (725 vs 235 in Malden). Malden has the higher median household income ($92,596 vs $85,286 in Lake Eliza). Malden has the higher median home value ($226,700 vs $168,000 in Lake Eliza).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Eliza	Malden
Population	725	235
Median age	33.4 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$85,286	$92,596
Median home value	$168,000	$226,700
Housing units	281	97
Homeownership rate	96.1%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Eliza	Malden
Population	722 → 725 (+0.4%)	299 → 235 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$82,560 → $85,286 (+3.3%)	$66,863 → $92,596 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$160,200 → $168,000 (+4.9%)	—

Lake Eliza

Population

722725

Median household income

$82,560$85,286

Median home value

$160,200$168,000

Malden

Population

299235

Median household income

$66,863$92,596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Eliza	Malden
Under 5	6.8%	15.7%
5 to 17	19.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.6%
25 to 34	27.4%	21.7%
35 to 44	8.0%	5.5%
45 to 54	15.2%	5.5%
55 to 64	5.7%	19.1%
65 to 74	1.7%	11.1%
75 and over	15.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Eliza	Malden
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	67.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	32.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Eliza	Malden
No high school diploma	8.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	42.1%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Eliza	Malden
Drove alone	88.4%	90.1%
Carpooled	11.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Eliza	Malden
1-unit, detached	82.6%	49.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	33.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Eliza	Malden
Poverty rate	9.2%	13.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	49	—
Median year structure built	2007	1979