Deep River vs Malcom

A side-by-side comparison of Deep River and Malcom: population, income, housing, and more.

Deep River and Malcom are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Deep River has the higher population (315 vs 268 in Malcom). Malcom has the higher median household income ($73,056 vs $67,143 in Deep River). Malcom has the higher median home value ($110,100 vs $82,100 in Deep River).

Population, income & housing

	Deep River	Malcom
Population	315	268
Median age	35.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,143	$73,056
Median home value	$82,100	$110,100
Median gross rent	—	$675
Housing units	129	124
Homeownership rate	84.4%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deep River	Malcom
Population	236 → 315 (+33.5%)	262 → 268 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $67,143 (+61.1%)	$48,750 → $73,056 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $82,100 (+25.5%)	$83,200 → $110,100 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$290 → $408 (+40.7%)	$608 → $675 (+11.0%)

Deep River

Population

236315

Median household income

$41,667$67,143

Median home value

$65,400$82,100

Median gross rent

$290$408

Malcom

Population

262268

Median household income

$48,750$73,056

Median home value

$83,200$110,100

Median gross rent

$608$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deep River	Malcom
Under 5	2.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	29.8%	10.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.7%	18.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.1%
45 to 54	4.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	19.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	13.4%
75 and over	6.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deep River	Malcom
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deep River	Malcom
No high school diploma	6.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	67.5%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deep River	Malcom
Drove alone	72.5%	88.4%
Carpooled	18.1%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	5.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deep River	Malcom
1-unit, detached	82.9%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Deep River	Malcom
Poverty rate	9.2%	17.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	37	22
Median year structure built	1938	1971