Glenwood vs Malvern

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

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

Glenwood has the higher population (5,118 vs 1,415 in Malvern). Malvern has the higher median household income ($82,027 vs $69,320 in Glenwood). Glenwood has the higher median home value ($193,800 vs $173,900 in Malvern).

Population, income & housing

	Glenwood	Malvern
Population	5,118	1,415
Median age	42.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,320	$82,027
Median home value	$193,800	$173,900
Median gross rent	$842	$843
Housing units	2,325	562
Homeownership rate	76.6%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenwood	Malvern
Population	5,326 → 5,118 (-3.9%)	1,015 → 1,415 (+39.4%)
Median household income	$61,930 → $69,320 (+11.9%)	$53,250 → $82,027 (+54.0%)
Median home value	$148,500 → $193,800 (+30.5%)	$110,500 → $173,900 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $842 (+21.2%)	$784 → $843 (+7.5%)

Glenwood

Population

5,3265,118

Median household income

$61,930$69,320

Median home value

$148,500$193,800

Median gross rent

$695$842

Malvern

Population

1,0151,415

Median household income

$53,250$82,027

Median home value

$110,500$173,900

Median gross rent

$784$843

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glenwood	Malvern
Under 5	4.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.9%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	8.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	15.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	13.8%	12.1%
75 and over	9.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenwood	Malvern
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenwood	Malvern
No high school diploma	2.9%	7.3%
High school graduate	29.7%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenwood	Malvern
Drove alone	80.8%	78.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenwood	Malvern
1-unit, detached	71.1%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Glenwood	Malvern
Poverty rate	9.0%	5.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1972	1946