Henderson vs Malvern

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

Henderson 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 205 in Henderson). Malvern has the higher median household income ($82,027 vs $51,250 in Henderson). Malvern has the higher median home value ($173,900 vs $87,100 in Henderson).

Population, income & housing

	Henderson	Malvern
Population	205	1,415
Median age	32.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$82,027
Median home value	$87,100	$173,900
Median gross rent	$950	$843
Housing units	76	562
Homeownership rate	85.5%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henderson	Malvern
Population	272 → 205 (-24.6%)	1,015 → 1,415 (+39.4%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $51,250 (-2.4%)	$53,250 → $82,027 (+54.0%)
Median home value	$71,600 → $87,100 (+21.6%)	$110,500 → $173,900 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $950 (+23.5%)	$784 → $843 (+7.5%)

Henderson

Population

272205

Median household income

$52,500$51,250

Median home value

$71,600$87,100

Median gross rent

$769$950

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)

	Henderson	Malvern
Under 5	9.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	27.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	11.7%	8.8%
35 to 44	6.8%	15.7%
45 to 54	5.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	17.1%	12.1%
75 and over	2.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henderson	Malvern
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henderson	Malvern
No high school diploma	16.9%	7.3%
High school graduate	42.4%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henderson	Malvern
Drove alone	81.9%	78.8%
Carpooled	13.9%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.0%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henderson	Malvern
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Henderson	Malvern
Poverty rate	20.5%	5.3%
Average household size	3.73	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1938	1946