Donaldson vs Malvern

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

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

Malvern has the higher population (10,938 vs 376 in Donaldson). Donaldson has the higher median household income ($42,188 vs $40,602 in Malvern). Malvern has the higher median home value ($95,500 vs $56,600 in Donaldson).

Population, income & housing

	Donaldson	Malvern
Population	376	10,938
Median age	35.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,188	$40,602
Median home value	$56,600	$95,500
Median gross rent	$926	$760
Housing units	146	4,030
Homeownership rate	70.4%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donaldson	Malvern
Population	297 → 376 (+26.6%)	10,920 → 10,938 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$36,625 → $42,188 (+15.2%)	$33,549 → $40,602 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $56,600 (+25.8%)	$93,200 → $95,500 (+2.5%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $926 (+89.8%)	$585 → $760 (+29.9%)

Donaldson

Population

297376

Median household income

$36,625$42,188

Median home value

$45,000$56,600

Median gross rent

$488$926

Malvern

Population

10,92010,938

Median household income

$33,549$40,602

Median home value

$93,200$95,500

Median gross rent

$585$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donaldson	Malvern
Under 5	0.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	33.5%	19.2%
35 to 44	8.5%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.6%
55 to 64	16.2%	9.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.8%
75 and over	5.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donaldson	Malvern
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	60.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	32.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donaldson	Malvern
No high school diploma	7.7%	15.2%
High school graduate	69.7%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	16.5%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donaldson	Malvern
Drove alone	30.5%	84.0%
Carpooled	65.7%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donaldson	Malvern
1-unit, detached	50.0%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	50.0%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Donaldson	Malvern
Poverty rate	13.6%	21.1%
Average household size	3.27	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1984	1969