What is the population of Malvern city?

Malvern city has 10,938 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #36 of 625 in Arkansas.

What is the median household income in Malvern city?

Median household income in Malvern city is $40,602 a year, 48.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Malvern city?

Median gross rent is $760 a month and the median home value is $95,500, so rent absorbs about 22.5% of median household income.

Is Malvern city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Malvern city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Malvern, AR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Malvern, Arkansas (Malvern, AR — Census place “Malvern city”) is 10,938 residents, ranking #36 of 625 places in Arkansas. Median household income is $40,602, the median home is worth $95,500 and median gross rent runs $760 a month. Looking for the Malvern Arkansas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Malvern, AR: 72104.

Population: 10,938Malvern city residents
Median household income: $40,602Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $95,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $760Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 55.3%Owner-occupied households

Malvern ZIP codes (Arkansas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Malvern.

The Malvern AR ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

72104

What the numbers mean in Malvern city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Malvern city median would spend about 22.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 21.1% of residents and 55.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Malvern city, AR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Malvern city is a mid-size town in Arkansas, with 10,938 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #36 of 625 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 38.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Malvern city earn a median of $40,602 a year, 48.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 18% below the $49,306 median for the 209 Arkansas cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 21.1% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Malvern city is valued at $95,500, 68.5% below the national figure and 26% below the $128,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $760 a month, 45.9% below the national figure, or roughly $9,120 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 55.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Malvern city?: Malvern city has 10,938 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #36 of 625 in Arkansas.
What is the median household income in Malvern city?: Median household income in Malvern city is $40,602 a year, 48.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Malvern city?: Median gross rent is $760 a month and the median home value is $95,500, so rent absorbs about 22.5% of median household income.
Is Malvern city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Malvern city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Malvern city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.