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SheetWA-MALTBY-WA · Maltby, WA 10,859 pop · income 97th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Maltby
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Maltby on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Canton · lowest
34,812
Canton · lowest
34,812 median HH income
19.4% of the leader · rank #1
Lake Winnebago · near
179,038
Lake Winnebago · near
179,038 median HH income
99.7% of the leader · rank #2
Burke · near
179,063
Burke · near
179,063 median HH income
99.7% of the leader · rank #3
Maltby · this city
179,276
Maltby · this city
179,276 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
Llewellyn Park · near
179,333
Llewellyn Park · near
179,333 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #5
Merrick · near
179,415
Merrick · near
179,415 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #6
Springdale · highest
179,531
Springdale · highest
179,531 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Maltby on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 10,859.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Maltby places in the 97th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
97th
percentile, household income
96th
percentile, home value
70th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Maltby, WA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 10,859 residents in Maltby, a small town within Washington. The typical household in Maltby brings in $179,276 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 1.3%. Maltby's housing stock carries a median value of $914,800, and the median resident age is 45.7 years. 46.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 65.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Washington carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Washington scores 107.0 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,472 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $188 across Washington, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Commute times here average 23.3 minutes, with 62.0% driving alone and 24.0% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 70.0 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Maltby's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Maltby, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, annual population history, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Maltby?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 1.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Which cities make useful reference points for Maltby?
Within Washington, the closest population matches are Fife (10,902 residents, $90,515 income); Airway Heights (10,766 residents, $64,659 income); Felida (10,695 residents, $150,430 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Oak Ridge, NJ (10,860 residents); Canton, MS (10,863 residents); Cleveland, MS (10,855 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Maltby?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 62.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 23.3 minutes.
Top-decile income · poverty 1.3% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.0 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Washington average
B
City profile score · Maltby, WA
73/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A+
$179,276
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A+
1.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A-
46.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
107.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Maltby profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $179,276
Poverty rate: 91/100 (A+) · 1.3%
Bachelor's+ share: 81/100 (A-) · 46.9%
Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index
How does Maltby compare to other US cities?
Maltby measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income97% higher than other cities
Home value96% pricier than other cities
Median rent70% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Maltby against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Washington only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Washington-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Maltby near the bottom of Washington's cities
Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Maltby ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Maltby only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#19 of 565
97th percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Median Home Value
#31 of 565
95th percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#461 of 598
22nd percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#92 of 599
85th percentile in Washington
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Washington only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
97th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Maltby's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$914,8004th percentilemore affordable than 4% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Maltby's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,073 of 15,516
More affordable than 16% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,667 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 5.1×, Maltby sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,073 of 15,516 and #2,667 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$179,276Maltby, WA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Maltby, WA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Maltby, WA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)46.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)65.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
10,859
Median Income
$179,276
Median Home Value
$914,800
Median Age
45.7
Poverty Rate
1.3%
Labor force participation
65.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
46.9%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
23.3 minutes
Drive Alone
62.0%
Carpool
7.5%
Public Transit
2.7%
Walk
2.0%
Work from Home
24.0%
Other
1.8%
Based on 5,852 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Washington statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $188
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Washington at $188 (electricity about $85 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Washington statewide averages, not a meter reading for Maltby. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Washington's BEA cost-of-living index is 107.0 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Maltby is $1,472/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Washington statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 70.0 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Washington statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Maltby sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Maltby compares to similar-size Washington cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.