Malden vs Newton

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

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

Newton has the higher population (88,504 vs 65,509 in Malden). Newton has the higher median household income ($184,989 vs $95,298 in Malden). Newton has the higher median home value ($1,202,500 vs $607,500 in Malden).

Population, income & housing

	Malden	Newton
Population	65,509	88,504
Median age	35.8 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$95,298	$184,989
Median home value	$607,500	$1,202,500
Median gross rent	$2,066	$2,388
Housing units	28,043	33,531
Homeownership rate	42.1%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	80.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malden	Newton
Population	60,984 → 65,509 (+7.4%)	88,593 → 88,504 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$65,975 → $95,298 (+44.4%)	$151,068 → $184,989 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$401,900 → $607,500 (+51.2%)	$914,700 → $1,202,500 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,577 → $2,066 (+31.0%)	$1,940 → $2,388 (+23.1%)

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

Newton

Population

88,59388,504

Median household income

$151,068$184,989

Median home value

$914,700$1,202,500

Median gross rent

$1,940$2,388

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malden	Newton
Under 5	5.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.8%
25 to 34	22.2%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	11.1%
75 and over	5.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malden	Newton
White (non-Hispanic)	42.4%	69.8%
Black or African American	13.1%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	28.6%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	5.6%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malden	Newton
No high school diploma	12.5%	2.7%
High school graduate	23.6%	6.6%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	10.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	52.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malden	Newton
Drove alone	45.5%	49.6%
Carpooled	12.7%	5.6%
Public transit	19.3%	8.7%
Walked	2.2%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.8%
Worked from home	17.6%	28.7%
Other means	2.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malden	Newton
1-unit, detached	24.5%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	32.6%	20.6%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	5.9%
20 or more units	26.7%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Malden	Newton
Poverty rate	13.3%	4.7%
Average household size	2.48	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	36	27
Median year structure built	1943	1940