Arrow Rock vs Malta Bend

A side-by-side comparison of Arrow Rock and Malta Bend: population, income, housing, and more.

Arrow Rock and Malta Bend are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Malta Bend has the higher population (168 vs 43 in Arrow Rock). Malta Bend has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $36,875 in Arrow Rock). Arrow Rock has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $79,200 in Malta Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Arrow Rock	Malta Bend
Population	43	168
Median age	51.8 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,875	$48,750
Median home value	$250,000	$79,200
Housing units	53	87
Homeownership rate	100.0%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.6%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arrow Rock	Malta Bend
Population	36 → 43 (+19.4%)	221 → 168 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$65,972 → $36,875 (-44.1%)	$41,250 → $48,750 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $250,000 (+107.0%)	$70,000 → $79,200 (+13.1%)

Arrow Rock

Population

3643

Median household income

$65,972$36,875

Median home value

$120,800$250,000

Malta Bend

Population

221168

Median household income

$41,250$48,750

Median home value

$70,000$79,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arrow Rock	Malta Bend
Under 5	16.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	7.0%	20.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	17.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	17.3%
45 to 54	23.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	7.0%	22.0%
65 to 74	20.9%	4.2%
75 and over	16.3%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arrow Rock	Malta Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arrow Rock	Malta Bend
No high school diploma	0.0%	12.2%
High school graduate	12.1%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	39.4%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arrow Rock	Malta Bend
Drove alone	44.4%	85.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	44.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arrow Rock	Malta Bend
1-unit, detached	98.1%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Arrow Rock	Malta Bend
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1938	1952