Malden vs West Dunbar

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

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

West Dunbar has the higher population (385 vs 298 in Malden). Malden has the higher median household income ($49,571 vs $37,188 in West Dunbar). Malden has the higher median home value ($153,600 vs $83,300 in West Dunbar).

Population, income & housing

	Malden	West Dunbar
Population	298	385
Median age	70.9 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,571	$37,188
Median home value	$153,600	$83,300
Median gross rent	—	$905
Housing units	225	373
Homeownership rate	93.6%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	23.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malden	West Dunbar
Population	657 → 298 (-54.6%)	400 → 385 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$46,090 → $49,571 (+7.6%)	$43,229 → $37,188 (-14.0%)
Median home value	$138,100 → $153,600 (+11.2%)	$43,500 → $83,300 (+91.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$743 → $905 (+21.8%)

Malden

Population

657298

Median household income

$46,090$49,571

Median home value

$138,100$153,600

West Dunbar

Population

400385

Median household income

$43,229$37,188

Median home value

$43,500$83,300

Median gross rent

$743$905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malden	West Dunbar
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.4%	10.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	33.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	23.2%	16.6%
55 to 64	3.7%	9.6%
65 to 74	34.6%	9.1%
75 and over	31.2%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malden	West Dunbar
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	37.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	55.8%
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%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malden	West Dunbar
No high school diploma	16.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	46.2%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malden	West Dunbar
Drove alone	85.2%	98.8%
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%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malden	West Dunbar
1-unit, detached	94.7%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	26.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Malden	West Dunbar
Poverty rate	0.0%	22.1%
Average household size	1.46	1.48
Mean commute (minutes)	—	15
Median year structure built	1945	1977