Ellston vs Maloy

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

Ellston 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 33 in Ellston). Maloy has the higher median household income ($93,125 vs $65,714 in Ellston). Since 2019, Maloy's population has grown faster (+29.0% vs +10.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Ellston	Maloy
Population	33	40
Median age	36.8 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,714	$93,125
Median home value	$21,800	—
Housing units	20	18
Homeownership rate	85.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellston	Maloy
Population	30 → 33 (+10.0%)	31 → 40 (+29.0%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $65,714 (+34.8%)	$70,000 → $93,125 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$42,500 → $21,800 (-48.7%)	—

Ellston

Population

3033

Median household income

$48,750$65,714

Median home value

$42,500$21,800

Maloy

Population

3140

Median household income

$70,000$93,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellston	Maloy
Under 5	12.1%	2.5%
5 to 17	12.1%	15.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	27.5%
35 to 44	18.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	6.1%	7.5%
55 to 64	18.2%	30.0%
65 to 74	3.0%	2.5%
75 and over	21.2%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellston	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+

	Ellston	Maloy
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.0%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	44.0%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

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

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellston	Maloy
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Ellston	Maloy
Poverty rate	3.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.65	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938