Malta Bend vs Marshall

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

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

Marshall has the higher population (13,699 vs 168 in Malta Bend). Marshall has the higher median household income ($54,815 vs $48,750 in Malta Bend). Marshall has the higher median home value ($145,900 vs $79,200 in Malta Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Malta Bend	Marshall
Population	168	13,699
Median age	37.3 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$54,815
Median home value	$79,200	$145,900
Median gross rent	—	$769
Housing units	87	5,283
Homeownership rate	91.4%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malta Bend	Marshall
Population	221 → 168 (-24.0%)	12,949 → 13,699 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $48,750 (+18.2%)	$42,584 → $54,815 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $79,200 (+13.1%)	$110,200 → $145,900 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$647 → $769 (+18.9%)

Malta Bend

Population

221168

Median household income

$41,250$48,750

Median home value

$70,000$79,200

Marshall

Population

12,94913,699

Median household income

$42,584$54,815

Median home value

$110,200$145,900

Median gross rent

$647$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malta Bend	Marshall
Under 5	2.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	4.2%	18.4%
25 to 34	17.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	17.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	22.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	4.2%	7.8%
75 and over	2.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malta Bend	Marshall
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	69.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malta Bend	Marshall
No high school diploma	12.2%	13.4%
High school graduate	43.1%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malta Bend	Marshall
Drove alone	85.2%	77.1%
Carpooled	7.4%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	5.3%
Other means	6.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malta Bend	Marshall
1-unit, detached	94.3%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Malta Bend	Marshall
Poverty rate	12.0%	16.3%
Average household size	2.90	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	21	14
Median year structure built	1952	1972