Malvern vs Minerva

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

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

Minerva has the higher population (3,274 vs 1,687 in Malvern). Minerva has the higher median household income ($52,755 vs $28,327 in Malvern). Malvern has the higher median home value ($117,800 vs $113,100 in Minerva).

Population, income & housing

	Malvern	Minerva
Population	1,687	3,274
Median age	40.3 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$28,327	$52,755
Median home value	$117,800	$113,100
Median gross rent	$573	$803
Housing units	800	1,688
Homeownership rate	38.0%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malvern	Minerva
Population	1,302 → 1,687 (+29.6%)	3,504 → 3,274 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$46,667 → $28,327 (-39.3%)	$48,199 → $52,755 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$96,300 → $117,800 (+22.3%)	$89,300 → $113,100 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $573 (-15.4%)	$683 → $803 (+17.6%)

Malvern

Population

1,3021,687

Median household income

$46,667$28,327

Median home value

$96,300$117,800

Median gross rent

$677$573

Minerva

Population

3,5043,274

Median household income

$48,199$52,755

Median home value

$89,300$113,100

Median gross rent

$683$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malvern	Minerva
Under 5	2.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	26.0%	13.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	5.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	19.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.9%
75 and over	7.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malvern	Minerva
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	94.0%
Black or African American	6.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malvern	Minerva
No high school diploma	13.4%	10.7%
High school graduate	59.6%	52.7%
Some college or associate's	15.0%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malvern	Minerva
Drove alone	53.7%	88.9%
Carpooled	9.5%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.9%
Worked from home	11.6%	1.2%
Other means	14.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malvern	Minerva
1-unit, detached	55.6%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	23.2%
5 to 19 units	21.5%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Malvern	Minerva
Poverty rate	27.8%	14.7%
Average household size	2.17	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	39	18
Median year structure built	1955	1954