Malvern vs Mineola

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

Malvern and Mineola 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 115 in Mineola). Mineola has the higher median household income ($99,375 vs $82,027 in Malvern). Since 2019, Malvern's population has grown faster (+39.4% vs -48.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Malvern	Mineola
Population	1,415	115
Median age	42.6 yrs	14.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,027	$99,375
Median home value	$173,900	—
Median gross rent	$843	—
Housing units	562	101
Homeownership rate	85.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malvern	Mineola
Population	1,015 → 1,415 (+39.4%)	224 → 115 (-48.7%)
Median household income	$53,250 → $82,027 (+54.0%)	$58,942 → $99,375 (+68.6%)
Median home value	$110,500 → $173,900 (+57.4%)	$106,800 → $106,900 (+0.1%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $843 (+7.5%)	—

Malvern

Population

1,0151,415

Median household income

$53,250$82,027

Median home value

$110,500$173,900

Median gross rent

$784$843

Mineola

Population

224115

Median household income

$58,942$99,375

Median home value

$106,800$106,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malvern	Mineola
Under 5	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	57.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.7%	20.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	8.7%
65 to 74	12.1%	7.0%
75 and over	8.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malvern	Mineola
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malvern	Mineola
No high school diploma	7.3%	14.3%
High school graduate	28.2%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	49.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malvern	Mineola
Drove alone	78.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	11.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malvern	Mineola
1-unit, detached	86.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Malvern	Mineola
Poverty rate	5.3%	6.1%
Average household size	2.81	3.97
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1946	1938