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Malvern borough, Chester County, PA

3,427 Population
1.3 square miles 2,718.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.9 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Chester County: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$78,581 ±$9,455 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Chester County: $63,089 ±$919
  • nearly double the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$106,638 ±$23,249 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chester County: $123,041 ±$2,646
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

5.8% ±2.6% (199  ±88) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Chester County: 5.9% 31,305 (±0.5% / ±2,356)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

24.1 minutes ±3.7 (37,365  ±7,699) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chester County: 27.5 6,021,710 (±0.2 / ±98,281)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,662 ±121 Number of households
  • Chester County: 202,405 ±843
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2 ±0.2 (3,394  ±45) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chester County: 2.6 525,607 (±0 / ±209)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

6.2% ±5% (45  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Chester County: 4.7% † 5,691 (±0.5% / ±580)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,752 ±132 Number of housing units
  • Chester County: 210,730 ±157
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$460,400 ±$54,544 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Chester County: $461,800 ±$4,298
  • nearly double the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

17.4% ±6.8% (590  ±232.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chester County: 10.5% 56,480 (±0.5% / ±2,642.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

99.1% ±9.4% (2,734  ±288.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Chester County: 94.9% 352,750 (±1.1% / ±4,095.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
67.1% ±7.5% (1,850  ±222.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chester County: 56.6% 210,289 (±0.8% / ±3,049.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14.9% ±6.2% (512  ±212) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chester County: 9.7% 52,191
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5.2% ±2.4% (147  ±67) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Chester County: 5.3% 22,088 (±0.2% / ±1,015)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
147 Total veterans ±67 139 Male ±67 8 Female ±13

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