Magnet Cove vs Malvern

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

Magnet Cove 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 818 in Magnet Cove). Magnet Cove has the higher median home value ($154,600 vs $95,500 in Malvern). Since 2019, Magnet Cove's population has grown faster (+50.4% vs +0.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Magnet Cove	Malvern
Population	818	10,938
Median age	31.2 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$40,602
Median home value	$154,600	$95,500
Median gross rent	—	$760
Housing units	456	4,030
Homeownership rate	48.6%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	15.4%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Magnet Cove	Malvern
Population	544 → 818 (+50.4%)	10,920 → 10,938 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$82,750 → $82,411 (-0.4%)	$33,549 → $40,602 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $154,600 (+70.6%)	$93,200 → $95,500 (+2.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$585 → $760 (+29.9%)

Magnet Cove

Population

544818

Median household income

$82,750$82,411

Median home value

$90,600$154,600

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)

	Magnet Cove	Malvern
Under 5	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	21.9%	15.0%
18 to 24	26.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	19.2%
35 to 44	3.3%	15.0%
45 to 54	23.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	3.9%	9.1%
65 to 74	5.9%	10.8%
75 and over	1.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Magnet Cove	Malvern
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	60.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	32.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Magnet Cove	Malvern
No high school diploma	2.1%	15.2%
High school graduate	53.8%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Magnet Cove	Malvern
Drove alone	85.5%	84.0%
Carpooled	2.1%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Magnet Cove	Malvern
1-unit, detached	39.9%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	25.7%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	34.4%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Magnet Cove	Malvern
Poverty rate	46.9%	21.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1973	1969