Malden, Missouri.
Typical home $84,384 (+3.3% in a year). Kennett, MO metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$153 (+53%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,689 +3%
- $81,695$84,384 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $4,438 -5%
- $88,822$84,384 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Malden$443
- Missouri$1,393
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Malden, MO rose 3.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Malden, Dunklin County, Missouri
Malden is a city of 3,706 people in Dunklin County. Half its households earn more than $40,118 a year and half less, against $47,849 across Dunklin County; 30% of its people live below the poverty line. 51% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 49% are rented. Unemployment in Dunklin County was 6.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Malden is a small city in Dunklin County, in the Missouri Bootheel. Incomes here run below the county's, and a good share of residents live below the poverty line. Owners and renters live in about equal numbers of homes, and typical home values are modest. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and the population is somewhat younger than in many small towns. Winters are cold and summers are hot, with plenty of rain and melted snow through the year.
Work. Most residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops and restaurants also providing many jobs. Across Dunklin County, some of the largest workplaces are Walmart, Kennett 39 Schools and Malden R-I Schools. Unemployment in the county is no lower than a year ago, and the county has fewer jobs than the year before. The typical commute is a modest one, and very few people work from home.
Things to do. Morris State Park is a protected area a short drive away, and it is the nearest spot for time outdoors. Farther afield, Lake Wappapello is a reservoir a longer drive away, and Mingo National Wildlife Refuge is another protected area, also a longer drive away. Both suit a day spent on the water or among wildlife.
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- 1,611households
- 11%of adults have a degree
- 30%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 2%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Dunklin County had 8,997 jobs in 2025, 1.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 46° and lows near 27°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 71°. About 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Malden Municipal Airport weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Dunklin County
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters298
- Kennett 39 SchoolsSchool district259FTE
- National Health CareSkilled nursing facilities125
- Quality Roofing Contractors of SEMORoofing contractors125
- Malden R-I SchoolsSchool district117FTE
- WalmartDiscount department stores107
- Campbell Healthcare & Senior LivingNursing homes84
- Senath-hornersville C-8 SchoolsSchool district82FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 16 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,184 people in all across the county; Malden has two of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Ice stormsVery high
- EarthquakesVery high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Malden’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Dunklin County and the Kennett, MO metro.
Malden home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Malden$84,384
- Missouri$265,387
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Malden listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Malden17.60%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Malden38
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Malden7
Zip codes with a Malden address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Malden — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Malden
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63863 | Malden | 5,321 | — | $82,655 |
| 63933 | Campbell | 3,049 | — | $88,571 |