Chelyan vs Malden

A side-by-side comparison of Chelyan and Malden: population, income, housing, and more.

Chelyan and Malden are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Malden has the higher population (298 vs 252 in Chelyan). Chelyan has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $49,571 in Malden). Malden has the higher median home value ($153,600 vs $75,200 in Chelyan).

Population, income & housing

	Chelyan	Malden
Population	252	298
Median age	24.9 yrs	70.9 yrs
Median household income	$96,250	$49,571
Median home value	$75,200	$153,600
Housing units	125	225
Homeownership rate	69.7%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelyan	Malden
Population	994 → 252 (-74.6%)	657 → 298 (-54.6%)
Median household income	$25,237 → $96,250 (+281.4%)	$46,090 → $49,571 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$49,900 → $75,200 (+50.7%)	$138,100 → $153,600 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $639 (-1.4%)	—

Chelyan

Population

994252

Median household income

$25,237$96,250

Median home value

$49,900$75,200

Median gross rent

$648$639

Malden

Population

657298

Median household income

$46,090$49,571

Median home value

$138,100$153,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelyan	Malden
Under 5	36.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	3.4%
18 to 24	15.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	25.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	4.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	23.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	3.7%
65 to 74	14.3%	34.6%
75 and over	8.3%	31.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelyan	Malden
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelyan	Malden
No high school diploma	0.0%	16.0%
High school graduate	23.1%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelyan	Malden
Drove alone	79.6%	85.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelyan	Malden
1-unit, detached	83.2%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chelyan	Malden
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.55	1.46
Median year structure built	1960	1945