Malvern vs Slocomb

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

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

Slocomb has the higher population (1,995 vs 1,836 in Malvern). Malvern has the higher median household income ($52,500 vs $38,988 in Slocomb). Malvern has the higher median home value ($98,300 vs $96,000 in Slocomb).

Population, income & housing

	Malvern	Slocomb
Population	1,836	1,995
Median age	35.8 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$38,988
Median home value	$98,300	$96,000
Median gross rent	$929	$764
Housing units	726	899
Homeownership rate	79.0%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malvern	Slocomb
Population	1,582 → 1,836 (+16.1%)	1,852 → 1,995 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$41,554 → $52,500 (+26.3%)	$38,229 → $38,988 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $98,300 (+4.2%)	$68,000 → $96,000 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $929 (+41.4%)	$735 → $764 (+3.9%)

Malvern

Population

1,5821,836

Median household income

$41,554$52,500

Median home value

$94,300$98,300

Median gross rent

$657$929

Slocomb

Population

1,8521,995

Median household income

$38,229$38,988

Median home value

$68,000$96,000

Median gross rent

$735$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malvern	Slocomb
Under 5	4.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	23.4%	9.6%
18 to 24	9.9%	10.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	14.4%	15.6%
55 to 64	7.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	6.3%	12.9%
75 and over	7.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malvern	Slocomb
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	71.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	23.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malvern	Slocomb
No high school diploma	18.6%	15.9%
High school graduate	43.2%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malvern	Slocomb
Drove alone	79.3%	91.3%
Carpooled	17.8%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malvern	Slocomb
1-unit, detached	49.3%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	48.3%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Malvern	Slocomb
Poverty rate	28.5%	30.9%
Average household size	2.90	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1991	1973