Malden vs Waltham

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

Malden and Waltham 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 64,723 in Waltham). Waltham has the higher median household income ($116,560 vs $95,298 in Malden). Waltham has the higher median home value ($705,700 vs $607,500 in Malden).

Population, income & housing

	Malden	Waltham
Population	65,509	64,723
Median age	35.8 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$95,298	$116,560
Median home value	$607,500	$705,700
Median gross rent	$2,066	$2,232
Housing units	28,043	26,898
Homeownership rate	42.1%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malden	Waltham
Population	60,984 → 65,509 (+7.4%)	62,777 → 64,723 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$65,975 → $95,298 (+44.4%)	$95,964 → $116,560 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$401,900 → $607,500 (+51.2%)	$536,500 → $705,700 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,577 → $2,066 (+31.0%)	$1,726 → $2,232 (+29.3%)

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

Waltham

Population

62,77764,723

Median household income

$95,964$116,560

Median home value

$536,500$705,700

Median gross rent

$1,726$2,232

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malden	Waltham
Under 5	5.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.1%	8.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	18.5%
25 to 34	22.2%	17.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.5%
75 and over	5.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malden	Waltham
White (non-Hispanic)	42.4%	58.1%
Black or African American	13.1%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	28.6%	12.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	2.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malden	Waltham
No high school diploma	12.5%	7.4%
High school graduate	23.6%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	27.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malden	Waltham
Drove alone	45.5%	55.6%
Carpooled	12.7%	10.2%
Public transit	19.3%	5.4%
Walked	2.2%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.7%
Worked from home	17.6%	20.0%
Other means	2.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malden	Waltham
1-unit, detached	24.5%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	32.6%	23.3%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	18.8%
20 or more units	26.7%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Malden	Waltham
Poverty rate	13.3%	8.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	36	25
Median year structure built	1943	1962