Malvern vs Thorndale

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

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

Thorndale has the higher population (4,139 vs 3,427 in Malvern). Thorndale has the higher median household income ($107,995 vs $106,638 in Malvern). Malvern has the higher median home value ($460,400 vs $317,600 in Thorndale).

Population, income & housing

	Malvern	Thorndale
Population	3,427	4,139
Median age	48.9 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$106,638	$107,995
Median home value	$460,400	$317,600
Median gross rent	$1,886	$1,798
Housing units	1,752	1,533
Homeownership rate	53.8%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malvern	Thorndale
Population	3,447 → 3,427 (-0.6%)	3,655 → 4,139 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$101,345 → $106,638 (+5.2%)	$106,063 → $107,995 (+1.8%)
Median home value	$369,400 → $460,400 (+24.6%)	$237,400 → $317,600 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,688 → $1,886 (+11.7%)	$1,544 → $1,798 (+16.5%)

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

Thorndale

Population

3,6554,139

Median household income

$106,063$107,995

Median home value

$237,400$317,600

Median gross rent

$1,544$1,798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malvern	Thorndale
Under 5	3.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	13.7%	18.1%
18 to 24	2.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	16.4%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	18.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	7.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.1%
75 and over	8.8%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malvern	Thorndale
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	77.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.8%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malvern	Thorndale
No high school diploma	0.9%	3.2%
High school graduate	14.5%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.4%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malvern	Thorndale
Drove alone	70.6%	73.5%
Carpooled	3.1%	4.2%
Public transit	4.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	19.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malvern	Thorndale
1-unit, detached	29.9%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	27.0%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	28.8%
20 or more units	12.3%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Malvern	Thorndale
Poverty rate	5.8%	1.9%
Average household size	2.04	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1973	1976