Malcom vs Searsboro

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

Malcom and Searsboro 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 120 in Searsboro). Malcom has the higher median household income ($73,056 vs $50,625 in Searsboro). Malcom has the higher median home value ($110,100 vs $96,400 in Searsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Malcom	Searsboro
Population	268	120
Median age	38.6 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,056	$50,625
Median home value	$110,100	$96,400
Median gross rent	$675	$930
Housing units	124	49
Homeownership rate	84.8%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malcom	Searsboro
Population	262 → 268 (+2.3%)	166 → 120 (-27.7%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $73,056 (+49.9%)	$39,375 → $50,625 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$83,200 → $110,100 (+32.3%)	$72,200 → $96,400 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $675 (+11.0%)	$663 → $930 (+40.3%)

Malcom

Population

262268

Median household income

$48,750$73,056

Median home value

$83,200$110,100

Median gross rent

$608$675

Searsboro

Population

166120

Median household income

$39,375$50,625

Median home value

$72,200$96,400

Median gross rent

$663$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malcom	Searsboro
Under 5	7.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	10.8%	17.5%
18 to 24	9.3%	2.5%
25 to 34	18.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	15.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	28.3%
65 to 74	13.4%	4.2%
75 and over	4.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malcom	Searsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malcom	Searsboro
No high school diploma	2.6%	11.5%
High school graduate	42.8%	58.6%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malcom	Searsboro
Drove alone	88.4%	88.7%
Carpooled	2.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malcom	Searsboro
1-unit, detached	84.7%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	12.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Malcom	Searsboro
Poverty rate	17.3%	20.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1971	1965