Malvern vs Rockport

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

Malvern and Rockport 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 777 in Rockport). Rockport has the higher median household income ($68,681 vs $40,602 in Malvern). Rockport has the higher median home value ($145,600 vs $95,500 in Malvern).

Population, income & housing

	Malvern	Rockport
Population	10,938	777
Median age	38.3 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,602	$68,681
Median home value	$95,500	$145,600
Median gross rent	$760	$777
Housing units	4,030	318
Homeownership rate	55.3%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malvern	Rockport
Population	10,920 → 10,938 (+0.2%)	894 → 777 (-13.1%)
Median household income	$33,549 → $40,602 (+21.0%)	$50,625 → $68,681 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $95,500 (+2.5%)	$118,900 → $145,600 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $760 (+29.9%)	$669 → $777 (+16.1%)

Malvern

Population

10,92010,938

Median household income

$33,549$40,602

Median home value

$93,200$95,500

Median gross rent

$585$760

Rockport

Population

894777

Median household income

$50,625$68,681

Median home value

$118,900$145,600

Median gross rent

$669$777

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malvern	Rockport
Under 5	4.8%	15.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	12.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	19.2%	5.1%
35 to 44	15.0%	8.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	9.1%	16.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	15.1%
75 and over	6.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malvern	Rockport
White (non-Hispanic)	60.5%	65.4%
Black or African American	32.2%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malvern	Rockport
No high school diploma	15.2%	7.2%
High school graduate	47.6%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malvern	Rockport
Drove alone	84.0%	76.4%
Carpooled	10.9%	11.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	1.7%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malvern	Rockport
1-unit, detached	73.5%	71.7%
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%	28.3%

Poverty & households

	Malvern	Rockport
Poverty rate	21.1%	27.2%
Average household size	2.53	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1969	1984