Hastings vs Malvern

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

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

Malvern has the higher population (1,415 vs 121 in Hastings). Malvern has the higher median household income ($82,027 vs $81,719 in Hastings). Malvern has the higher median home value ($173,900 vs $93,800 in Hastings).

Population, income & housing

	Hastings	Malvern
Population	121	1,415
Median age	44.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,719	$82,027
Median home value	$93,800	$173,900
Median gross rent	—	$843
Housing units	60	562
Homeownership rate	95.7%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hastings	Malvern
Population	192 → 121 (-37.0%)	1,015 → 1,415 (+39.4%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $81,719 (+45.3%)	$53,250 → $82,027 (+54.0%)
Median home value	$57,900 → $93,800 (+62.0%)	$110,500 → $173,900 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$784 → $843 (+7.5%)

Hastings

Population

192121

Median household income

$56,250$81,719

Median home value

$57,900$93,800

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)

	Hastings	Malvern
Under 5	7.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	18.1%
18 to 24	3.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	13.2%	8.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	15.7%
45 to 54	26.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	7.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	5.8%	12.1%
75 and over	9.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hastings	Malvern
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hastings	Malvern
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.3%
High school graduate	50.6%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hastings	Malvern
Drove alone	76.8%	78.8%
Carpooled	19.6%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hastings	Malvern
1-unit, detached	88.3%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Hastings	Malvern
Poverty rate	1.7%	5.3%
Average household size	2.57	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1938	1946