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Malden, MA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Malden, MA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 59,503. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet MALDEN-MA · Malden, MA 1 ZIPs · 59,503 pop · #4358/25278 · Middlesex County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $100,606
  • RANK-TOP #4358/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Marlborough
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 41% owners
  • POP-SMALL 59,503
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $633,500

Nearest income peer: Marlborough, MA ( $8,638 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Malden

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Malden on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Malden, MA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 17%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
59,503
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$100,606
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $100,606 and home value $633,500 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 45.1%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (41.3%) for this income tier, rent $2,204 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Massachusetts, East Falmouth is the closest lower-income city and Jefferson the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Malden.

Population concentration

Malden reads through its lone ZIP, 02148

59,503 ACS residents, one ZIP: 02148 is not the leading code inside Malden, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Malden's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 1,032 establishments, 12,471 employees , annual payroll $687,972k (~17 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 02148 (1,032 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (152) · also Retail trade · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Malden, MA

These ZIP codes sit in Middlesex County, which covers 81 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Malden. See the Middlesex County roll-up →

Malden sits in the lower half of Middlesex County on income: Cambridge, Somerville and Framingham report more, Lowell, Everett and Marlborough report less. Arlington marks the far end of that range at $150,846, 50% above Malden.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
02148 59,503 $100,606 1,032 4,554
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Malden roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Malden, .