Malvern vs Parkesburg

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

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

Parkesburg has the higher population (3,894 vs 3,427 in Malvern). Malvern has the higher median household income ($106,638 vs $84,952 in Parkesburg). Malvern has the higher median home value ($460,400 vs $280,000 in Parkesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Malvern	Parkesburg
Population	3,427	3,894
Median age	48.9 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$106,638	$84,952
Median home value	$460,400	$280,000
Median gross rent	$1,886	$1,203
Housing units	1,752	1,562
Homeownership rate	53.8%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malvern	Parkesburg
Population	3,447 → 3,427 (-0.6%)	3,842 → 3,894 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$101,345 → $106,638 (+5.2%)	$72,250 → $84,952 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$369,400 → $460,400 (+24.6%)	$190,300 → $280,000 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,688 → $1,886 (+11.7%)	$970 → $1,203 (+24.0%)

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

Parkesburg

Population

3,8423,894

Median household income

$72,250$84,952

Median home value

$190,300$280,000

Median gross rent

$970$1,203

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malvern	Parkesburg
Under 5	3.4%	9.8%
5 to 17	13.7%	14.7%
18 to 24	2.5%	11.2%
25 to 34	16.4%	17.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	17.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	13.0%	6.8%
75 and over	8.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malvern	Parkesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	57.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	14.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malvern	Parkesburg
No high school diploma	0.9%	9.2%
High school graduate	14.5%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	40.4%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malvern	Parkesburg
Drove alone	70.6%	83.7%
Carpooled	3.1%	6.3%
Public transit	4.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	9.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malvern	Parkesburg
1-unit, detached	29.9%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	27.0%	18.7%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	12.3%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Malvern	Parkesburg
Poverty rate	5.8%	15.2%
Average household size	2.04	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1973	1987