Malden vs Somerville

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

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

Somerville has the higher population (80,549 vs 65,509 in Malden). Somerville has the higher median household income ($127,056 vs $95,298 in Malden). Somerville has the higher median home value ($899,400 vs $607,500 in Malden).

Population, income & housing

	Malden	Somerville
Population	65,509	80,549
Median age	35.8 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$95,298	$127,056
Median home value	$607,500	$899,400
Median gross rent	$2,066	$2,468
Housing units	28,043	37,583
Homeownership rate	42.1%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malden	Somerville
Population	60,984 → 65,509 (+7.4%)	80,906 → 80,549 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$65,975 → $95,298 (+44.4%)	$97,328 → $127,056 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$401,900 → $607,500 (+51.2%)	$664,700 → $899,400 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,577 → $2,066 (+31.0%)	$1,874 → $2,468 (+31.7%)

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

Somerville

Population

80,90680,549

Median household income

$97,328$127,056

Median home value

$664,700$899,400

Median gross rent

$1,874$2,468

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malden	Somerville
Under 5	5.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	12.1%	6.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	13.6%
25 to 34	22.2%	33.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	8.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	5.9%
75 and over	5.7%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malden	Somerville
White (non-Hispanic)	42.4%	66.1%
Black or African American	13.1%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	28.6%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	5.6%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malden	Somerville
No high school diploma	12.5%	7.0%
High school graduate	23.6%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	11.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	33.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malden	Somerville
Drove alone	45.5%	30.7%
Carpooled	12.7%	4.8%
Public transit	19.3%	19.6%
Walked	2.2%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	6.4%
Worked from home	17.6%	29.0%
Other means	2.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malden	Somerville
1-unit, detached	24.5%	11.6%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	32.6%	53.4%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	13.7%
20 or more units	26.7%	16.2%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Malden	Somerville
Poverty rate	13.3%	10.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1943	1938