Malaga, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Malaga CDP is a very small community in California, with 693 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #1160 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 28% of them. The median age here is 33.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Malaga CDP earn a median of $63,750 a year, 18.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 30% below the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 16.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Malaga CDP is valued at $219,600, 27.6% below the national figure and 63% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,280 a month, 9% below the national figure, or roughly $15,360 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 44.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 693 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Malaga CDP against its county rather than against national figures.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.