Malverne vs Woodbury

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

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

Woodbury has the higher population (9,270 vs 8,496 in Malverne). Woodbury has the higher median household income ($181,667 vs $146,585 in Malverne). Woodbury has the higher median home value ($1,004,500 vs $637,300 in Malverne).

Population, income & housing

	Malverne	Woodbury
Population	8,496	9,270
Median age	45.6 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$146,585	$181,667
Median home value	$637,300	$1,004,500
Median gross rent	$1,861	$3,315
Housing units	3,247	3,170
Homeownership rate	94.8%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.8%	65.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malverne	Woodbury
Population	8,517 → 8,496 (-0.2%)	8,852 → 9,270 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$126,964 → $146,585 (+15.5%)	$181,667 → $181,667 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$465,200 → $637,300 (+37.0%)	$842,000 → $1,004,500 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,745 → $1,861 (+6.6%)	$2,846 → $3,315 (+16.5%)

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

Woodbury

Population

8,8529,270

Median household income

$181,667$181,667

Median home value

$842,000$1,004,500

Median gross rent

$2,846$3,315

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malverne	Woodbury
Under 5	8.3%	7.7%
5 to 17	11.8%	12.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	6.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	8.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	15.6%	14.5%
75 and over	7.0%	18.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malverne	Woodbury
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	77.0%
Black or African American	4.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	15.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malverne	Woodbury
No high school diploma	4.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	17.1%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	35.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.2%	30.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malverne	Woodbury
Drove alone	69.3%	55.6%
Carpooled	3.3%	8.3%
Public transit	7.1%	10.5%
Walked	2.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	22.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malverne	Woodbury
1-unit, detached	93.5%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	21.3%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	13.7%
20 or more units	1.4%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Malverne	Woodbury
Poverty rate	5.7%	5.7%
Average household size	2.79	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	35	35
Median year structure built	1942	1980