Malvern vs Spring City

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

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

Spring City has the higher population (3,551 vs 3,427 in Malvern). Malvern has the higher median household income ($106,638 vs $73,323 in Spring City). Malvern has the higher median home value ($460,400 vs $253,400 in Spring City).

Population, income & housing

	Malvern	Spring City
Population	3,427	3,551
Median age	48.9 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$106,638	$73,323
Median home value	$460,400	$253,400
Median gross rent	$1,886	$985
Housing units	1,752	2,093
Homeownership rate	53.8%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malvern	Spring City
Population	3,447 → 3,427 (-0.6%)	3,307 → 3,551 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$101,345 → $106,638 (+5.2%)	$58,673 → $73,323 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$369,400 → $460,400 (+24.6%)	$181,300 → $253,400 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,688 → $1,886 (+11.7%)	$891 → $985 (+10.5%)

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

Spring City

Population

3,3073,551

Median household income

$58,673$73,323

Median home value

$181,300$253,400

Median gross rent

$891$985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malvern	Spring City
Under 5	3.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.7%	10.1%
18 to 24	2.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	22.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	17.6%	20.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	8.8%
75 and over	8.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malvern	Spring City
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	81.4%
Black or African American	1.6%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.8%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malvern	Spring City
No high school diploma	0.9%	6.0%
High school graduate	14.5%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.4%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malvern	Spring City
Drove alone	70.6%	70.0%
Carpooled	3.1%	3.3%
Public transit	4.0%	1.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	22.3%
Other means	0.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malvern	Spring City
1-unit, detached	29.9%	24.0%
1-unit, attached	27.0%	32.3%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	19.0%
20 or more units	12.3%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Malvern	Spring City
Poverty rate	5.8%	15.2%
Average household size	2.04	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1973	1940