Malone vs Penelope

A side-by-side comparison of Malone and Penelope: population, income, housing, and more.

Malone and Penelope are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Malone has the higher population (287 vs 223 in Penelope). Penelope has the higher median household income ($65,938 vs $26,250 in Malone). Malone has the higher median home value ($104,000 vs $96,300 in Penelope).

Population, income & housing

	Malone	Penelope
Population	287	223
Median age	22.2 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$26,250	$65,938
Median home value	$104,000	$96,300
Median gross rent	$925	—
Housing units	143	105
Homeownership rate	78.4%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malone	Penelope
Population	290 → 287 (-1.0%)	167 → 223 (+33.5%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $26,250 (-50.0%)	$52,500 → $65,938 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$62,200 → $104,000 (+67.2%)	$58,800 → $96,300 (+63.8%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $925 (+10.4%)	—

Malone

Population

290287

Median household income

$52,500$26,250

Median home value

$62,200$104,000

Median gross rent

$838$925

Penelope

Population

167223

Median household income

$52,500$65,938

Median home value

$58,800$96,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malone	Penelope
Under 5	8.0%	11.2%
5 to 17	34.1%	17.0%
18 to 24	11.8%	2.7%
25 to 34	4.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	6.7%
55 to 64	7.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	12.6%
75 and over	0.7%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malone	Penelope
White (non-Hispanic)	23.7%	64.1%
Black or African American	15.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	55.4%	32.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malone	Penelope
No high school diploma	28.8%	25.3%
High school graduate	34.8%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malone	Penelope
Drove alone	81.7%	77.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	3.2%
Other means	3.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malone	Penelope
1-unit, detached	91.6%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Malone	Penelope
Poverty rate	56.8%	5.4%
Average household size	3.26	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	35	20
Median year structure built	1950	1962