Malta Bend vs Nelson

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

Malta Bend and Nelson 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 89 in Nelson). Malta Bend has the higher median home value ($79,200 vs $28,600 in Nelson). Since 2019, Malta Bend's population has grown faster (-24.0% vs -41.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Malta Bend	Nelson
Population	168	89
Median age	37.3 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	—
Median home value	$79,200	$28,600
Housing units	87	74
Homeownership rate	91.4%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malta Bend	Nelson
Population	221 → 168 (-24.0%)	152 → 89 (-41.4%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $48,750 (+18.2%)	$52,841 → $33,750 (-36.1%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $79,200 (+13.1%)	$35,000 → $28,600 (-18.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$582 → $623 (+7.0%)

Malta Bend

Population

221168

Median household income

$41,250$48,750

Median home value

$70,000$79,200

Nelson

Population

15289

Median household income

$52,841$33,750

Median home value

$35,000$28,600

Median gross rent

$582$623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malta Bend	Nelson
Under 5	2.4%	23.6%
5 to 17	20.2%	7.9%
18 to 24	4.2%	2.2%
25 to 34	17.3%	5.6%
35 to 44	17.3%	3.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	22.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	4.2%	22.5%
75 and over	2.4%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malta Bend	Nelson
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	94.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malta Bend	Nelson
No high school diploma	12.2%	30.5%
High school graduate	43.1%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malta Bend	Nelson
Drove alone	85.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.0%
Other means	6.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malta Bend	Nelson
1-unit, detached	94.3%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Malta Bend	Nelson
Poverty rate	12.0%	41.0%
Average household size	2.90	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	21	46
Median year structure built	1952	1940