Everett vs Malden

A side-by-side comparison of Everett and Malden: population, income, housing, and more.

Everett and Malden are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Malden has the higher population (65,509 vs 49,236 in Everett). Malden has the higher median household income ($95,298 vs $79,658 in Everett). Malden has the higher median home value ($607,500 vs $605,200 in Everett).

Population, income & housing

	Everett	Malden
Population	49,236	65,509
Median age	35.8 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$79,658	$95,298
Median home value	$605,200	$607,500
Median gross rent	$1,988	$2,066
Housing units	18,541	28,043
Homeownership rate	36.5%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Everett	Malden
Population	46,118 → 49,236 (+6.8%)	60,984 → 65,509 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$65,528 → $79,658 (+21.6%)	$65,975 → $95,298 (+44.4%)
Median home value	$405,800 → $605,200 (+49.1%)	$401,900 → $607,500 (+51.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,454 → $1,988 (+36.7%)	$1,577 → $2,066 (+31.0%)

Everett

Population

46,11849,236

Median household income

$65,528$79,658

Median home value

$405,800$605,200

Median gross rent

$1,454$1,988

Malden

Population

60,98465,509

Median household income

$65,975$95,298

Median home value

$401,900$607,500

Median gross rent

$1,577$2,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Everett	Malden
Under 5	6.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.9%	12.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.6%
25 to 34	18.8%	22.2%
35 to 44	16.1%	14.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.5%
75 and over	4.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Everett	Malden
White (non-Hispanic)	37.9%	42.4%
Black or African American	11.6%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.7%	28.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	3.1%	2.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Everett	Malden
No high school diploma	20.1%	12.5%
High school graduate	35.0%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Everett	Malden
Drove alone	50.4%	45.5%
Carpooled	14.4%	12.7%
Public transit	17.4%	19.3%
Walked	4.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.6%	17.6%
Other means	3.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Everett	Malden
1-unit, detached	19.2%	24.5%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	51.9%	32.6%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	7.7%
20 or more units	12.4%	26.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Everett	Malden
Poverty rate	15.4%	13.3%
Average household size	2.84	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	35	36
Median year structure built	1938	1943