Malakoff is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,243 people and two associated neighborhoods, Malakoff is the 620th largest community in Texas.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.64% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Being a small city, Malakoff does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, the citizens of Malakoff rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.34% of adults 25 and older in Malakoff have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Malakoff in 2022 was $21,659, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,636 for a family of four. However, Malakoff contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Malakoff is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Malakoff home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Malakoff residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Malakoff also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.91% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Malakoff include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Welsh.

The most common language spoken in Malakoff is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.