Benton vs Maloy

A side-by-side comparison of Benton and Maloy: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Maloy has the higher population (40 vs 23 in Benton). Maloy has the higher median household income ($93,125 vs $46,250 in Benton). Since 2019, Maloy's population has grown faster (+29.0% vs -32.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Maloy
Population	23	40
Median age	54.9 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$93,125
Housing units	16	18
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Maloy
Population	34 → 23 (-32.4%)	31 → 40 (+29.0%)
Median household income	$63,542 → $46,250 (-27.2%)	$70,000 → $93,125 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$91,700 → $72,500 (-20.9%)	—

Benton

Population

3423

Median household income

$63,542$46,250

Median home value

$91,700$72,500

Maloy

Population

3140

Median household income

$70,000$93,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Maloy
Under 5	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	8.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	27.5%
35 to 44	4.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	21.7%	7.5%
55 to 64	17.4%	30.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	2.5%
75 and over	21.7%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Maloy
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.5%
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	0.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Maloy
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.4%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Maloy
Drove alone	83.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Maloy
1-unit, detached	81.3%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Maloy
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1967	1938