City safety & data profile

MaltbyWA

Maltby, WA is a 11K-resident city in Snohomish County with a median household income of $185,457.

Snohomish County, Washington. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Maltby, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Maltby has a population larger than 5% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $1,002,100.

Data updated 2026-09-03

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 6%
By size
$185,457
Median income (place)
$1,002,100
Median home (place)
3.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Maltby

Maltby posts a median household income higher than 97% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 3%
by median income, US cities

Where Maltby income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$185,457 Top 3% higher than 97% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Maltby $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. 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, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in WA

Population among 109 WA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Seattle is the largest WA city on this list; Sammamish leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in WA

Median household income among the same 109-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Sammamish posts the highest place-level median income in WA; Seattle is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Maltby, WA beyond the headline numbers

Maltby sits inside Snohomish County, Washington, at roughly 47.81°N, -122.11°W. Population 10,830, $185,457 median household income. Median home value $1,002,100, median rent $2,158. Poverty rate 3.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 3.9% of Maltby, WA residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Maltby costs around 5.4 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

28.8% of Maltby workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, physical inactivity departs furthest from its peer median: 13.7% in Maltby, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

At 46.4 years, Maltby's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Maltby from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
10,830
Maltby · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$185,457
+107% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$1,002,100
+142% vs avg
Median Age (place)
46.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Snohomish County): Maltby's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
844K+17%
Median Income
$111,246+63%
Median Home Value
$696,000+138%
Poverty Rate
8%-23%
Unemployment
4.4%-52%

Economics

Economics indicators for Maltby, WA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,158/mo
Poverty Rate
3.9% -69% vs avg
Unemployment 1.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 47.3%
Work From Home 28.8%
Public Transit 0.7%

Population

White 83%
African American 1.1%
Asian 5.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 6.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
30.8%
High Blood Pressure
29.7%
Obesity
29.2%
Binge Drinking
16.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
14.1%
Physical Inactivity
13.7%
Current Asthma
11.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
11%
Diabetes
8.2%
Current Smoking
8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 73.6%
Annual Checkup 74.2%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
4.8%
Lack of Health Insurance
4.8%
Stroke
2.5%

What alerts and safety updates affect Maltby?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Maltby right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet WA-MALTBY · Maltby

Maltby: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

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  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Maltby, WA? ▼
Maltby, WA has a population of 10,830 people, located in Snohomish County, Washington.
What is the median household income in Maltby? ▼
The median household income in Maltby, WA is $185,457 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 3.9%.
What is the median home value in Maltby? ▼
The median home value in Maltby, WA is $1,002,100. Median rent is $2,158/month.
What are the top health concerns in Maltby? ▼
The top health indicators in Maltby include Short Sleep Duration (30.8%), High Blood Pressure (29.7%), Obesity (29.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Maltby? ▼
The median age in Maltby, WA is 46.4 years. 47.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Maltby, both outside Washington so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WA (3.9% here).

Carmel, IN 3.9% Chesterfield, MO 3.9% Bel Air South, MD 3.9% Potomac, MD 3.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WA ($185,457 here).

Leawood, KS $185,625 Merrick, NY $185,740 Burke, VA $185,818 Highland, UT $186,075

Compare Maltby with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Maltby's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Maltby area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Maltby against Washington peers on any ranking lens. Explore Washington

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Snohomish County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.