What is the population of Malta city?

Malta city has 1,902 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #60 of 497 in Montana.

What is the median household income in Malta city?

Median household income in Malta city is $59,449 a year, 24.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Malta city?

Median gross rent is $693 a month and the median home value is $139,000, so rent absorbs about 14% of median household income.

Is Malta city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Malta city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Malta, MT population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Malta, Montana (Malta, MT — Census place “Malta city”) is 1,902 residents, ranking #60 of 497 places in Montana. Median household income is $59,449, the median home is worth $139,000 and median gross rent runs $693 a month. Looking for the Malta Montana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Malta, MT: 59538.

Population: 1,902Malta city residents
Median household income: $59,449Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $139,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $693Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 49 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 67.6%Owner-occupied households

Malta ZIP codes (Montana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Malta.

The Malta MT ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

59538

What the numbers mean in Malta city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Malta city median would spend about 14% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.9% of residents and 67.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Malta city, MT in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Malta city is a small town in Montana, with 1,902 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #60 of 497 ranked by population — larger than 88% of them. The median age here is 49 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Malta city earn a median of $59,449 a year, 24.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 6% below the $62,992 median for the 94 Montana 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 10.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Malta city is valued at $139,000, 54.2% below the national figure and 45% below the $250,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $693 a month, 50.7% below the national figure, or roughly $8,316 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 67.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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.

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What is the population of Malta city?: Malta city has 1,902 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #60 of 497 in Montana.
What is the median household income in Malta city?: Median household income in Malta city is $59,449 a year, 24.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Malta city?: Median gross rent is $693 a month and the median home value is $139,000, so rent absorbs about 14% of median household income.
Is Malta city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Malta city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Malta city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. 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.