Guernsey vs Malcom

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

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

Malcom has the higher population (268 vs 54 in Guernsey). Malcom has the higher median household income ($73,056 vs $67,917 in Guernsey). Malcom has the higher median home value ($110,100 vs $76,000 in Guernsey).

Population, income & housing

	Guernsey	Malcom
Population	54	268
Median age	55.7 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,917	$73,056
Median home value	$76,000	$110,100
Median gross rent	$850	$675
Housing units	31	124
Homeownership rate	77.4%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.2%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guernsey	Malcom
Population	46 → 54 (+17.4%)	262 → 268 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$31,458 → $67,917 (+115.9%)	$48,750 → $73,056 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $76,000 (+16.9%)	$83,200 → $110,100 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $850 (+7.9%)	$608 → $675 (+11.0%)

Guernsey

Population

4654

Median household income

$31,458$67,917

Median home value

$65,000$76,000

Median gross rent

$788$850

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)

	Guernsey	Malcom
Under 5	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	7.4%	10.8%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	3.7%	18.3%
35 to 44	14.8%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	9.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	13.4%
75 and over	33.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guernsey	Malcom
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	95.9%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guernsey	Malcom
No high school diploma	24.4%	2.6%
High school graduate	51.1%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guernsey	Malcom
Drove alone	89.7%	88.4%
Carpooled	3.4%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guernsey	Malcom
1-unit, detached	96.8%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Guernsey	Malcom
Poverty rate	14.8%	17.3%
Average household size	1.74	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	55	22
Median year structure built	1938	1971