† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupMaldenMassachusettsUnited States
Irish11.3%18.6%9.4%
Italian7.5%11.1%4.8%
English6.0%9.7%9.5%
German3.9%5.4%12.5%
French2.0%4.7%1.6%
Polish1.9%3.4%2.2%
American1.9%3.3%5.3%
French Canadian1.4%——
Chinese9.5%2.5%1.3%
Asian Indian8.3%1.9%1.4%
Cambodian2.3%0.4%—
Vietnamese1.9%0.8%0.6%
Korean1.7%0.4%0.4%
Nepalese0.6%——
Taiwanese0.6%——
Filipino0.4%0.2%0.9%
African American†6.4%2.6%9.9%
Haitian2.6%1.1%0.3%
African1.2%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.6%0.2%0.2%
Ethiopian0.6%——
Jamaican0.6%0.5%0.4%
Puerto Rican2.3%4.6%1.8%
Salvadoran1.3%1.1%0.7%
Mexican0.9%0.8%11.3%
Guatemalan0.8%0.8%0.5%
Dominican0.7%2.7%0.7%
Colombian0.6%0.6%0.4%
Ecuadorian0.3%0.3%—
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Malden
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
35.8
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.7%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.0%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Malden
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$100,606
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.4%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
45.1%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Malden
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
50.9%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
6.6%
9.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
6.5%
1.9%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
14.8%
6.1%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
13.1%
2.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Malden
Massachusetts
United States
Catholic
—
35.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
3.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
51.4%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Malden, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+37.5%
2008
+38.3%
2012
+43.8%
2016
+45.4%
2020
+51.1%
2024
+38.9%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
67.0%Harris15,368
28.2%Trump6,456
4.8%
D+38.9
R+12.2
D+40.3
22,931
D
74.6%Biden19,157
23.5%Trump6,038
1.9%
D+51.1
D+5.7
D+46.6
25,682
D
69.8%Clinton15,878
24.4%Trump5,550
5.8%
D+45.4
D+1.6
D+43.3
22,754
D
70.9%Obama15,189
27.1%Romney5,802
2.0%
D+43.8
D+5.5
D+40.0
21,418
D
68.2%Obama13,865
29.9%McCain6,075
2.0%
D+38.3
D+0.8
D+31.0
20,340
D
67.9%Kerry13,151
30.4%Bush5,887
1.8%
D+37.5
—
D+39.9
19,381
Malden's population is roughly 60% nonwhite, driven by large Asian and Latino communities, making it one of Greater Boston's most diverse cities and a bellwether for how immigrant-origin voters align in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 51.1 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 12.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 38.9 points.
A population of 65,906, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $100,606 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Germantown and Lowell.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Malden, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 38.9 points (D+38.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 22,931 votes cast, 15,368 went Democratic and 6,456 went Republican.
How many people live in Malden, Massachusetts?
Malden, Massachusetts has a population of 65,906 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Malden, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Malden, Massachusetts is $100,606 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Malden, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Malden, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
