Malta vs Whitewater

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

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

Malta has the higher population (1,902 vs 100 in Whitewater). Malta has the higher median household income ($59,449 vs $35,417 in Whitewater). Malta has the higher median home value ($139,000 vs $79,000 in Whitewater).

Population, income & housing

	Malta	Whitewater
Population	1,902	100
Median age	49.0 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,449	$35,417
Median home value	$139,000	$79,000
Median gross rent	$693	$267
Housing units	931	55
Homeownership rate	67.6%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malta	Whitewater
Population	2,090 → 1,902 (-9.0%)	127 → 100 (-21.3%)
Median household income	$44,189 → $59,449 (+34.5%)	$41,750 → $35,417 (-15.2%)
Median home value	$127,200 → $139,000 (+9.3%)	$210,400 → $79,000 (-62.5%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $693 (+20.3%)	$286 → $267 (-6.6%)

Malta

Population

2,0901,902

Median household income

$44,189$59,449

Median home value

$127,200$139,000

Median gross rent

$576$693

Whitewater

Population

127100

Median household income

$41,750$35,417

Median home value

$210,400$79,000

Median gross rent

$286$267

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malta	Whitewater
Under 5	5.6%	12.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	19.0%
18 to 24	1.5%	3.0%
25 to 34	6.4%	23.0%
35 to 44	17.3%	15.0%
45 to 54	9.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	19.2%	6.0%
65 to 74	18.8%	8.0%
75 and over	4.6%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malta	Whitewater
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	67.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.4%	32.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malta	Whitewater
No high school diploma	4.7%	12.1%
High school graduate	28.3%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	34.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malta	Whitewater
Drove alone	81.6%	53.2%
Carpooled	11.6%	10.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	36.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malta	Whitewater
1-unit, detached	68.6%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	56.4%

Poverty & households

	Malta	Whitewater
Poverty rate	10.9%	27.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	9	12
Median year structure built	1967	1982