Malverne vs Plainedge

A side-by-side comparison of Malverne and Plainedge: population, income, housing, and more.

Malverne and Plainedge are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Plainedge has the higher population (8,930 vs 8,496 in Malverne). Plainedge has the higher median household income ($155,670 vs $146,585 in Malverne). Malverne has the higher median home value ($637,300 vs $592,000 in Plainedge).

Population, income & housing

	Malverne	Plainedge
Population	8,496	8,930
Median age	45.6 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$146,585	$155,670
Median home value	$637,300	$592,000
Median gross rent	$1,861	$3,261
Housing units	3,247	2,851
Homeownership rate	94.8%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.8%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malverne	Plainedge
Population	8,517 → 8,496 (-0.2%)	8,975 → 8,930 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$126,964 → $146,585 (+15.5%)	$123,500 → $155,670 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$465,200 → $637,300 (+37.0%)	$430,700 → $592,000 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,745 → $1,861 (+6.6%)	$1,946 → $3,261 (+67.6%)

Malverne

Population

8,5178,496

Median household income

$126,964$146,585

Median home value

$465,200$637,300

Median gross rent

$1,745$1,861

Plainedge

Population

8,9758,930

Median household income

$123,500$155,670

Median home value

$430,700$592,000

Median gross rent

$1,946$3,261

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malverne	Plainedge
Under 5	8.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	11.8%	13.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	15.6%	8.2%
75 and over	7.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malverne	Plainedge
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	71.3%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	14.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malverne	Plainedge
No high school diploma	4.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	17.1%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.2%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malverne	Plainedge
Drove alone	69.3%	77.5%
Carpooled	3.3%	3.9%
Public transit	7.1%	8.8%
Walked	2.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	8.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malverne	Plainedge
1-unit, detached	93.5%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Malverne	Plainedge
Poverty rate	5.7%	4.8%
Average household size	2.79	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	35	31
Median year structure built	1942	1956