Malden vs Pratt

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

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

Pratt has the higher population (406 vs 298 in Malden). Pratt has the higher median household income ($61,042 vs $49,571 in Malden). Malden has the higher median home value ($153,600 vs $128,700 in Pratt).

Population, income & housing

	Malden	Pratt
Population	298	406
Median age	70.9 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,571	$61,042
Median home value	$153,600	$128,700
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	225	176
Homeownership rate	93.6%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malden	Pratt
Population	657 → 298 (-54.6%)	380 → 406 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$46,090 → $49,571 (+7.6%)	$58,333 → $61,042 (+4.6%)
Median home value	$138,100 → $153,600 (+11.2%)	$125,700 → $128,700 (+2.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$742 → $775 (+4.4%)

Malden

Population

657298

Median household income

$46,090$49,571

Median home value

$138,100$153,600

Pratt

Population

380406

Median household income

$58,333$61,042

Median home value

$125,700$128,700

Median gross rent

$742$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malden	Pratt
Under 5	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	3.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	4.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	23.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	3.7%	8.4%
65 to 74	34.6%	15.0%
75 and over	31.2%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malden	Pratt
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
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	6.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malden	Pratt
No high school diploma	16.0%	0.4%
High school graduate	46.2%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malden	Pratt
Drove alone	85.2%	92.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malden	Pratt
1-unit, detached	94.7%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Malden	Pratt
Poverty rate	0.0%	26.5%
Average household size	1.46	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1945	1967