Malden vs Shrewsbury

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

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

Shrewsbury has the higher population (329 vs 298 in Malden). Malden has the higher median household income ($49,571 vs $48,674 in Shrewsbury). Malden has the higher median home value ($153,600 vs $79,500 in Shrewsbury).

Population, income & housing

	Malden	Shrewsbury
Population	298	329
Median age	70.9 yrs	67.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,571	$48,674
Median home value	$153,600	$79,500
Housing units	225	155
Homeownership rate	93.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	3.0%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malden	Shrewsbury
Population	657 → 298 (-54.6%)	802 → 329 (-59.0%)
Median household income	$46,090 → $49,571 (+7.6%)	$77,679 → $48,674 (-37.3%)
Median home value	$138,100 → $153,600 (+11.2%)	$85,900 → $79,500 (-7.5%)

Malden

Population

657298

Median household income

$46,090$49,571

Median home value

$138,100$153,600

Shrewsbury

Population

802329

Median household income

$77,679$48,674

Median home value

$85,900$79,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malden	Shrewsbury
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	19.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.0%	7.6%
45 to 54	23.2%	8.5%
55 to 64	3.7%	6.4%
65 to 74	34.6%	34.3%
75 and over	31.2%	23.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malden	Shrewsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malden	Shrewsbury
No high school diploma	16.0%	24.5%
High school graduate	46.2%	56.6%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malden	Shrewsbury
Drove alone	85.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malden	Shrewsbury
1-unit, detached	94.7%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	35.5%

Poverty & households

	Malden	Shrewsbury
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.46	2.12
Median year structure built	1945	2000