Berwyn vs Malvern

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

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

Berwyn has the higher population (3,867 vs 3,427 in Malvern). Berwyn has the higher median household income ($137,206 vs $106,638 in Malvern). Berwyn has the higher median home value ($643,800 vs $460,400 in Malvern).

Population, income & housing

	Berwyn	Malvern
Population	3,867	3,427
Median age	40.7 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$137,206	$106,638
Median home value	$643,800	$460,400
Median gross rent	$1,755	$1,886
Housing units	1,515	1,752
Homeownership rate	63.9%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.0%	67.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwyn	Malvern
Population	3,531 → 3,867 (+9.5%)	3,447 → 3,427 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$102,147 → $137,206 (+34.3%)	$101,345 → $106,638 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$475,200 → $643,800 (+35.5%)	$369,400 → $460,400 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,351 → $1,755 (+29.9%)	$1,688 → $1,886 (+11.7%)

Berwyn

Population

3,5313,867

Median household income

$102,147$137,206

Median home value

$475,200$643,800

Median gross rent

$1,351$1,755

Malvern

Population

3,4473,427

Median household income

$101,345$106,638

Median home value

$369,400$460,400

Median gross rent

$1,688$1,886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berwyn	Malvern
Under 5	4.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	20.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.9%	2.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	16.4%
35 to 44	15.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	17.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	13.0%
75 and over	8.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwyn	Malvern
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	79.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.8%	10.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwyn	Malvern
No high school diploma	2.3%	0.9%
High school graduate	9.5%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	13.2%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	40.4%
Graduate or professional degree	43.5%	26.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwyn	Malvern
Drove alone	62.0%	70.6%
Carpooled	1.4%	3.1%
Public transit	8.9%	4.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.9%	19.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwyn	Malvern
1-unit, detached	58.4%	29.9%
1-unit, attached	17.8%	27.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	15.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Berwyn	Malvern
Poverty rate	11.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1962	1973