Malvern vs West Grove

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

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

Malvern has the higher population (3,427 vs 2,791 in West Grove). Malvern has the higher median household income ($106,638 vs $79,577 in West Grove). Malvern has the higher median home value ($460,400 vs $291,900 in West Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Malvern	West Grove
Population	3,427	2,791
Median age	48.9 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$106,638	$79,577
Median home value	$460,400	$291,900
Median gross rent	$1,886	$1,527
Housing units	1,752	934
Homeownership rate	53.8%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malvern	West Grove
Population	3,447 → 3,427 (-0.6%)	2,845 → 2,791 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$101,345 → $106,638 (+5.2%)	$64,479 → $79,577 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$369,400 → $460,400 (+24.6%)	$217,700 → $291,900 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,688 → $1,886 (+11.7%)	$1,148 → $1,527 (+33.0%)

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

West Grove

Population

2,8452,791

Median household income

$64,479$79,577

Median home value

$217,700$291,900

Median gross rent

$1,148$1,527

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malvern	West Grove
Under 5	3.4%	7.3%
5 to 17	13.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	2.5%	11.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	17.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	7.1%
75 and over	8.8%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malvern	West Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	53.2%
Black or African American	1.6%	6.7%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	33.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malvern	West Grove
No high school diploma	0.9%	21.2%
High school graduate	14.5%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	40.4%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malvern	West Grove
Drove alone	70.6%	74.7%
Carpooled	3.1%	12.3%
Public transit	4.0%	3.7%
Walked	1.9%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	5.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malvern	West Grove
1-unit, detached	29.9%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	27.0%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	12.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Malvern	West Grove
Poverty rate	5.8%	14.8%
Average household size	2.04	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1973	1970