Kennett vs Malden

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

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

Kennett has the higher population (10,236 vs 3,818 in Malden). Kennett has the higher median household income ($53,164 vs $38,786 in Malden). Kennett has the higher median home value ($103,600 vs $88,900 in Malden).

Population, income & housing

	Kennett	Malden
Population	10,236	3,818
Median age	39.5 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,164	$38,786
Median home value	$103,600	$88,900
Median gross rent	$600	$702
Housing units	4,734	1,936
Homeownership rate	57.8%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kennett	Malden
Population	10,062 → 10,236 (+1.7%)	4,165 → 3,818 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$38,297 → $53,164 (+38.8%)	$32,861 → $38,786 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$91,600 → $103,600 (+13.1%)	$65,100 → $88,900 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $600 (+4.7%)	$619 → $702 (+13.4%)

Kennett

Population

10,06210,236

Median household income

$38,297$53,164

Median home value

$91,600$103,600

Median gross rent

$573$600

Malden

Population

4,1653,818

Median household income

$32,861$38,786

Median home value

$65,100$88,900

Median gross rent

$619$702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kennett	Malden
Under 5	5.4%	9.2%
5 to 17	22.4%	18.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.2%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.1%
75 and over	7.9%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kennett	Malden
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	78.2%
Black or African American	13.1%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	8.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kennett	Malden
No high school diploma	20.4%	19.1%
High school graduate	38.6%	51.3%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kennett	Malden
Drove alone	77.2%	75.3%
Carpooled	14.2%	18.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.7%	1.9%
Other means	0.5%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kennett	Malden
1-unit, detached	80.8%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.8%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Kennett	Malden
Poverty rate	20.6%	24.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1968	1969