Malvern vs Samson

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

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

Malvern has the higher population (1,836 vs 1,477 in Samson). Malvern has the higher median household income ($52,500 vs $31,964 in Samson). Malvern has the higher median home value ($98,300 vs $77,700 in Samson).

Population, income & housing

	Malvern	Samson
Population	1,836	1,477
Median age	35.8 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$31,964
Median home value	$98,300	$77,700
Median gross rent	$929	$713
Housing units	726	895
Homeownership rate	79.0%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	14.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malvern	Samson
Population	1,582 → 1,836 (+16.1%)	1,686 → 1,477 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$41,554 → $52,500 (+26.3%)	$25,250 → $31,964 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $98,300 (+4.2%)	$60,100 → $77,700 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $929 (+41.4%)	$456 → $713 (+56.4%)

Malvern

Population

1,5821,836

Median household income

$41,554$52,500

Median home value

$94,300$98,300

Median gross rent

$657$929

Samson

Population

1,6861,477

Median household income

$25,250$31,964

Median home value

$60,100$77,700

Median gross rent

$456$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malvern	Samson
Under 5	4.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	23.4%	13.0%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	7.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	6.3%	17.2%
75 and over	7.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malvern	Samson
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	70.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malvern	Samson
No high school diploma	18.6%	30.4%
High school graduate	43.2%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malvern	Samson
Drove alone	79.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	17.8%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	2.9%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malvern	Samson
1-unit, detached	49.3%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	48.3%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Malvern	Samson
Poverty rate	28.5%	37.7%
Average household size	2.90	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1991	1969