Malcolm vs Panama

A side-by-side comparison of Malcolm and Panama: population, income, housing, and more.

Malcolm and Panama are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Malcolm has the higher population (428 vs 223 in Panama). Panama has the higher median household income ($89,583 vs $84,712 in Malcolm). Malcolm has the higher median home value ($239,800 vs $196,000 in Panama).

Population, income & housing

	Malcolm	Panama
Population	428	223
Median age	32.5 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$84,712	$89,583
Median home value	$239,800	$196,000
Median gross rent	$893	$1,250
Housing units	198	108
Homeownership rate	65.0%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malcolm	Panama
Population	483 → 428 (-11.4%)	236 → 223 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$70,250 → $84,712 (+20.6%)	$83,750 → $89,583 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$152,800 → $239,800 (+56.9%)	$153,800 → $196,000 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $893 (+18.6%)	$683 → $1,250 (+83.0%)

Malcolm

Population

483428

Median household income

$70,250$84,712

Median home value

$152,800$239,800

Median gross rent

$753$893

Panama

Population

236223

Median household income

$83,750$89,583

Median home value

$153,800$196,000

Median gross rent

$683$1,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malcolm	Panama
Under 5	9.3%	11.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	9.9%
18 to 24	12.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	2.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	21.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	17.0%
75 and over	3.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malcolm	Panama
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	11.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malcolm	Panama
No high school diploma	1.9%	7.5%
High school graduate	21.8%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	43.9%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malcolm	Panama
Drove alone	83.5%	75.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	10.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malcolm	Panama
1-unit, detached	68.7%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	31.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Malcolm	Panama
Poverty rate	12.9%	3.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1978	1963