Malden vs Medford

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

Malden and Medford 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 59,062 in Medford). Medford has the higher median household income ($118,089 vs $95,298 in Malden). Medford has the higher median home value ($715,500 vs $607,500 in Malden).

Population, income & housing

	Malden	Medford
Population	65,509	59,062
Median age	35.8 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$95,298	$118,089
Median home value	$607,500	$715,500
Median gross rent	$2,066	$2,477
Housing units	28,043	25,879
Homeownership rate	42.1%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	57.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malden	Medford
Population	60,984 → 65,509 (+7.4%)	57,637 → 59,062 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$65,975 → $95,298 (+44.4%)	$96,455 → $118,089 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$401,900 → $607,500 (+51.2%)	$500,800 → $715,500 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,577 → $2,066 (+31.0%)	$1,817 → $2,477 (+36.3%)

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

Medford

Population

57,63759,062

Median household income

$96,455$118,089

Median home value

$500,800$715,500

Median gross rent

$1,817$2,477

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malden	Medford
Under 5	5.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.1%	9.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	12.7%
25 to 34	22.2%	22.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.2%
75 and over	5.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malden	Medford
White (non-Hispanic)	42.4%	66.9%
Black or African American	13.1%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	28.6%	12.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	5.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malden	Medford
No high school diploma	12.5%	7.3%
High school graduate	23.6%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malden	Medford
Drove alone	45.5%	50.1%
Carpooled	12.7%	6.2%
Public transit	19.3%	14.1%
Walked	2.2%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.9%
Worked from home	17.6%	22.2%
Other means	2.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malden	Medford
1-unit, detached	24.5%	32.3%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	32.6%	34.5%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	4.5%
20 or more units	26.7%	21.4%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Malden	Medford
Poverty rate	13.3%	8.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1943	1944