Malvern vs Midway

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

Malvern and Midway 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 769 in Midway). Midway has the higher median household income ($88,125 vs $40,602 in Malvern). Midway has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $95,500 in Malvern).

Population, income & housing

	Malvern	Midway
Population	10,938	769
Median age	38.3 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,602	$88,125
Median home value	$95,500	$158,300
Median gross rent	$760	—
Housing units	4,030	272
Homeownership rate	55.3%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malvern	Midway
Population	10,920 → 10,938 (+0.2%)	536 → 769 (+43.5%)
Median household income	$33,549 → $40,602 (+21.0%)	$58,281 → $88,125 (+51.2%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $95,500 (+2.5%)	$110,200 → $158,300 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $760 (+29.9%)	—

Malvern

Population

10,92010,938

Median household income

$33,549$40,602

Median home value

$93,200$95,500

Median gross rent

$585$760

Midway

Population

536769

Median household income

$58,281$88,125

Median home value

$110,200$158,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malvern	Midway
Under 5	4.8%	0.7%
5 to 17	15.0%	10.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	15.1%
25 to 34	19.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	15.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	19.2%
55 to 64	9.1%	9.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	16.6%
75 and over	6.5%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malvern	Midway
White (non-Hispanic)	60.5%	99.2%
Black or African American	32.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malvern	Midway
No high school diploma	15.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	47.6%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malvern	Midway
Drove alone	84.0%	74.3%
Carpooled	10.9%	24.9%
Public transit	1.0%	0.4%
Walked	2.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malvern	Midway
1-unit, detached	73.5%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Malvern	Midway
Poverty rate	21.1%	7.0%
Average household size	2.53	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1969	1991