Geneva vs Malvern

A side-by-side comparison of Geneva and Malvern: population, income, housing, and more.

Geneva and Malvern are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Geneva has the higher population (4,227 vs 1,836 in Malvern). Malvern has the higher median household income ($52,500 vs $48,798 in Geneva). Geneva has the higher median home value ($106,500 vs $98,300 in Malvern).

Population, income & housing

	Geneva	Malvern
Population	4,227	1,836
Median age	47.5 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,798	$52,500
Median home value	$106,500	$98,300
Median gross rent	$654	$929
Housing units	1,944	726
Homeownership rate	68.0%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Geneva	Malvern
Population	4,340 → 4,227 (-2.6%)	1,582 → 1,836 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$42,031 → $48,798 (+16.1%)	$41,554 → $52,500 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$103,600 → $106,500 (+2.8%)	$94,300 → $98,300 (+4.2%)
Median gross rent	$449 → $654 (+45.7%)	$657 → $929 (+41.4%)

Geneva

Population

4,3404,227

Median household income

$42,031$48,798

Median home value

$103,600$106,500

Median gross rent

$449$654

Malvern

Population

1,5821,836

Median household income

$41,554$52,500

Median home value

$94,300$98,300

Median gross rent

$657$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Geneva	Malvern
Under 5	5.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.3%	23.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.9%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.8%
45 to 54	19.1%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	7.6%
65 to 74	13.0%	6.3%
75 and over	10.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Geneva	Malvern
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	82.7%
Black or African American	8.8%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Geneva	Malvern
No high school diploma	13.9%	18.6%
High school graduate	44.6%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Geneva	Malvern
Drove alone	89.2%	79.3%
Carpooled	7.2%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Geneva	Malvern
1-unit, detached	71.2%	49.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	48.3%

Poverty & households

	Geneva	Malvern
Poverty rate	28.3%	28.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1972	1991