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Malden city, Massachusetts: commercial real estate data.
Malden city is a Census city of 65,906 people across 5.04 square miles of land, in Middlesex County. Median household income is $100,606, 41.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 68 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $11.6 m.
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Malden
What Malden is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.04 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land13,065
- County holding the largest share of its areaMiddlesex County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Malden
How many people live in Malden
- Population65,906
- Median age35.8
- Population under 1811,983
- Share under 1818.2 percent
- Population 65 and over8,581
- Share 65 and over13.0 percent
- Households26,042
- Family households16,055
- Share of households that are families61.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Malden
Income and work in Malden
- Median household income$100,606
- Per capita income$48,581
- Civilian labor force40,029
- Employed37,885
- Unemployed2,144 plus or minus 532
- Unemployment rate5.4 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Adults 25 and over48,235
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher45.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Malden
Housing in Malden
- Housing units27,876
- Occupied units26,042
- Vacant units1,834 plus or minus 378
- Vacancy rate6.6 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Owner occupied10,744
- Renter occupied15,298
- Ownership rate41.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$633,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,204
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.3 percent
- Single family units8,663
- Share single family31.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more19,024
- Share in buildings of two or more68.2 percent
- Mobile homes73 plus or minus 54
- Median year structure built1950
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Malden
How Malden gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute29,549
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,650
- Share commuting under 15 minutes12.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more18,201
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more61.6 percent
- Drove alone42.3 percent
- Carpooled13.6 percent
- Public transport18.8 percent
- Walked2.7 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home19.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Malden
SBA loans in Malden (7(a))
- Approvals68
- Gross approval$11,566,400
- Average approval$170,094
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$300,000
- Largest approval$1,650,000
- Jobs supported350
- Jobs per approval5.1
- Loans with a final outcome11
- Paid in full11
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more2.9 percent
- Share to franchises1.5 percent
- Distinct lenders18
- Distinct industries by NAICS37
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Malden
SBA loans in Malden (504)
- Approvals13
- Gross approval$6,174,000
- Average approval$474,923
- Median approval$348,000
- Largest approval$1,646,000
- Jobs supported132
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Middlesex County, not Malden
Middlesex County context, not Malden figures
These are Middlesex County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Malden measurements.
- Establishments in Middlesex County44,624
- Employment at those establishments, Middlesex County963,417
- Covered employment, Middlesex County926,104
- Average annual pay, Middlesex County$113,704
- Average weekly wage, Middlesex County$2,187
- Housing units permitted, Middlesex County3,495
- Of those, single family, Middlesex County889
- County product, 2024, Middlesex County$240,665,230,000
- County product change over the prior year, Middlesex County5.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Middlesex County$129,274
Every figure in this section is published for Middlesex County as a whole and is not a measurement of Malden. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Malden questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Malden, Massachusetts?
65,906, in 26,042 households. Malden city covers 5.04 square miles of land, which is 13,065 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Malden in?
Middlesex County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Malden?
$100,606. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $633,500. Median gross rent is $2,204 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Malden businesses?
68 7(a) approvals totalling $11.6 m, across 18 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 13 504 approvals worth $6.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Malden, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Malden borrowers get paid back?
Of the 11 loans that have reached a final outcome, 11 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Malden figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Middlesex County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Malden.
Is zoning published for Malden?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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