Blackburn vs Malta Bend

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

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

Blackburn has the higher population (175 vs 168 in Malta Bend). Blackburn has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $48,750 in Malta Bend). Blackburn has the higher median home value ($103,800 vs $79,200 in Malta Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Blackburn	Malta Bend
Population	175	168
Median age	32.1 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$48,750
Median home value	$103,800	$79,200
Median gross rent	$688	—
Housing units	105	87
Homeownership rate	71.4%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackburn	Malta Bend
Population	210 → 175 (-16.7%)	221 → 168 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$36,389 → $56,250 (+54.6%)	$41,250 → $48,750 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $103,800 (+52.4%)	$70,000 → $79,200 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$471 → $688 (+46.1%)	—

Blackburn

Population

210175

Median household income

$36,389$56,250

Median home value

$68,100$103,800

Median gross rent

$471$688

Malta Bend

Population

221168

Median household income

$41,250$48,750

Median home value

$70,000$79,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackburn	Malta Bend
Under 5	2.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	23.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	14.9%	4.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	17.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	17.3%
45 to 54	4.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	22.0%
65 to 74	8.0%	4.2%
75 and over	7.4%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackburn	Malta Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	98.2%
Black or African American	1.7%	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	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackburn	Malta Bend
No high school diploma	9.6%	12.2%
High school graduate	37.5%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackburn	Malta Bend
Drove alone	69.2%	85.2%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	1.2%
Other means	3.8%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackburn	Malta Bend
1-unit, detached	80.0%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Blackburn	Malta Bend
Poverty rate	17.7%	12.0%
Average household size	2.50	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	36	21
Median year structure built	1966	1952