Malta Bend vs Slater

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

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

Slater has the higher population (2,144 vs 168 in Malta Bend). Malta Bend has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $40,313 in Slater). Slater has the higher median home value ($82,500 vs $79,200 in Malta Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Malta Bend	Slater
Population	168	2,144
Median age	37.3 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$40,313
Median home value	$79,200	$82,500
Median gross rent	—	$496
Housing units	87	1,039
Homeownership rate	91.4%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malta Bend	Slater
Population	221 → 168 (-24.0%)	2,057 → 2,144 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $48,750 (+18.2%)	$32,115 → $40,313 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $79,200 (+13.1%)	$64,300 → $82,500 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$578 → $496 (-14.2%)

Malta Bend

Population

221168

Median household income

$41,250$48,750

Median home value

$70,000$79,200

Slater

Population

2,0572,144

Median household income

$32,115$40,313

Median home value

$64,300$82,500

Median gross rent

$578$496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malta Bend	Slater
Under 5	2.4%	10.6%
5 to 17	20.2%	5.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	11.3%
25 to 34	17.3%	16.8%
35 to 44	17.3%	8.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	22.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	4.2%	9.0%
75 and over	2.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malta Bend	Slater
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	74.3%
Black or African American	1.8%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
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%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malta Bend	Slater
No high school diploma	12.2%	16.6%
High school graduate	43.1%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malta Bend	Slater
Drove alone	85.2%	81.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	1.2%	2.6%
Other means	6.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malta Bend	Slater
1-unit, detached	94.3%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Malta Bend	Slater
Poverty rate	12.0%	22.5%
Average household size	2.90	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1952	1965