Malta Bend vs Sweet Springs

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

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

Sweet Springs has the higher population (1,299 vs 168 in Malta Bend). Malta Bend has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $46,111 in Sweet Springs). Sweet Springs has the higher median home value ($92,000 vs $79,200 in Malta Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Malta Bend	Sweet Springs
Population	168	1,299
Median age	37.3 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$46,111
Median home value	$79,200	$92,000
Median gross rent	—	$717
Housing units	87	589
Homeownership rate	91.4%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malta Bend	Sweet Springs
Population	221 → 168 (-24.0%)	1,399 → 1,299 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $48,750 (+18.2%)	$41,458 → $46,111 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $79,200 (+13.1%)	$72,900 → $92,000 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$644 → $717 (+11.3%)

Malta Bend

Population

221168

Median household income

$41,250$48,750

Median home value

$70,000$79,200

Sweet Springs

Population

1,3991,299

Median household income

$41,458$46,111

Median home value

$72,900$92,000

Median gross rent

$644$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malta Bend	Sweet Springs
Under 5	2.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	20.2%	16.1%
18 to 24	4.2%	9.9%
25 to 34	17.3%	16.3%
35 to 44	17.3%	6.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	22.0%	7.9%
65 to 74	4.2%	13.7%
75 and over	2.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malta Bend	Sweet Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	90.9%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.0%
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%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malta Bend	Sweet Springs
No high school diploma	12.2%	12.4%
High school graduate	43.1%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malta Bend	Sweet Springs
Drove alone	85.2%	74.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	1.2%	4.5%
Other means	6.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malta Bend	Sweet Springs
1-unit, detached	94.3%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Malta Bend	Sweet Springs
Poverty rate	12.0%	15.9%
Average household size	2.90	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1952	1966