Malden vs Wheeler

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

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

Malden has the higher population (235 vs 135 in Wheeler). Malden has the higher median household income ($92,596 vs $36,184 in Wheeler). Malden has the higher median home value ($226,700 vs $143,200 in Wheeler).

Population, income & housing

	Malden	Wheeler
Population	235	135
Median age	30.8 yrs	64.0 yrs
Median household income	$92,596	$36,184
Median home value	$226,700	$143,200
Housing units	97	105
Homeownership rate	69.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malden	Wheeler
Population	299 → 235 (-21.4%)	313 → 135 (-56.9%)
Median household income	$66,863 → $92,596 (+38.5%)	$31,065 → $36,184 (+16.5%)
Median home value	—	$124,300 → $143,200 (+15.2%)

Malden

Population

299235

Median household income

$66,863$92,596

Wheeler

Population

313135

Median household income

$31,065$36,184

Median home value

$124,300$143,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malden	Wheeler
Under 5	15.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	13.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	21.7%	14.1%
35 to 44	5.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	5.5%	16.3%
55 to 64	19.1%	48.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	16.3%
75 and over	7.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malden	Wheeler
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	32.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malden	Wheeler
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	49.4%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malden	Wheeler
Drove alone	90.1%	72.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	27.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malden	Wheeler
1-unit, detached	49.5%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	33.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Malden	Wheeler
Poverty rate	13.6%	10.4%
Average household size	2.42	1.53
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	1979	1970