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Housing in Malad

A typical Malad home is worth about $354,000

Up 2.9% in a year, 26% below the Idaho typical home.

Typical home value
$354K
▲ 2.9% in a year · ID $479K
Zillow
2-bedroom rent
$1,100
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,347
ID $2,038

What kind of housing town is Malad?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 4.6 years of income

Less than across Idaho (6.2 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$316,000
Typical Malad home $354K

That’s $38K short of a typical Malad home.

The typical home, each month
$2,010
Loan $1,750Tax $160Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,100 a month here, $910 less than owning.

How Malad ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Malad’s typical property tax (0.54% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

1 of Malad’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Malad’s homes were built before 1951.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 85%Rent 15%

Idaho: 72% own.

1951
typical home built · ID 1991
$1,347
median property tax bill · ID $2,038
0.54%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · ID 0.49%
3%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Malad

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

Price trend

Up 29.4% in five years

Faster than Idaho (6.2%).

MaladIdaho
$100K$150K$200K$250K$300K$350K$400K$450K$500K$550K20182020202220242026
Show as a table
JanuaryMaladIdaho
2017$135,000$217,000
2018$146,000$237,000
2019$161,000$269,000
2020$182,000$299,000
2021$221,000$364,000
2022$306,000$471,000
2023$322,000$464,000
2024$327,000$460,000
2025$341,000$472,000
2026$346,000$478,000
August 2026$354,000$479,000
Then & now

A typical Malad home worth $131K in September 2016 is worth about $354K today.

+$223K
+2.9%
past year
+29.4%
past 5 years
+171%
since 2016

How Malad ranks on rising home prices →

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,100

Renters already here pay a median of $894, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$870
1 bedroom$870
2 bedrooms$1,100
3 bedrooms$1,530
4 bedrooms$1,850
15%
of households rent · ID 28%
150
renter households
58%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · ID 47%
17%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$894
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Oneida County, ID): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

1 new home permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 1 new home in Malad in 2025. That's 0.4 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Idaho (10). Over the past 10 years, Malad has permitted 23 homes in all.

Single-family
02468 200020052010201520202025
1
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
0.4
per 1,000 residents · ID 10
23
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents+204
New homes+23

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Malad gained 204 residents while 23 new homes were permitted: about 8.9 new residents per new home. Population grew faster than building, so existing homes filled up: a sign of tight supply. Across Idaho: 2.7 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025110$103,000
2024110$103,000
2023110$103,000
2022000—
2021550$516,000
2020440$413,000
2019330$310,000
2018330$310,000
2017330$310,000
2016220$207,000
2015220$207,000
2014220$207,000
2013220$207,000
2012220$207,000
2011220$207,000
2010220$207,000
2009220$207,000
2008330$310,000
2007770$737,000
2006550$829,000
2005550$829,000
2004440$663,000
2003440$663,000
2002440$663,000
2001440$663,000
2000550$829,000

Malad's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.

How Malad ranks on new homes being built →

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

On the market in Malad

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

Neighbors talk housing

What Malad buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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