MalvernAL
A town of 1,701, settled in 1902.
Is Malvern a good place to live?
The best of Malvern’s subject grades is an A− for schools; the weakest is a D− for walkability. 36% of residents live below the poverty line in Malvern, where Alabama’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Only 3 of Alabama’s 308 towns score lower on walkability. The median household income is $44K, and 36% of residents live below the poverty line. Malvern's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 100% of U.S. towns. Only 8 of Alabama’s 308 towns score lower on the outdoors. Malvern has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Malvern for work
Where Malvern’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Malvern grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Malvern is from typical.
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Moving to Malvern: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Malvern, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Malvern.
Health in Malvern trails 87% of U.S. towns
Malvern beats the Alabama average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 19% of Malvern adults smoke cigarettes, above both the Alabama town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 26% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Malvern.
| Malvern | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 19% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 40% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 12% |
| What stands out | Malvern | AL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.2% | 8% |
| More smokers | 19% | 15.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.5% | 7.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Malvern’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Malvern for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Malvern fell to 50 in 2023, 20 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Dothan (42%), Enterprise (3%) and Montgomery (3%).
| Malvern | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $44,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Malvern faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 68% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Malvern has mild winters and hot summers
Malvern has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Malvern is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A typical Malvern home is worth about $194K
The typical Malvern home is worth about $194,000, about the same as a year ago, 19% below the Alabama typical home. Malvern’s median rent is $906 a month.
| Malvern | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $906 a month | $940 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 73% | 69% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Malvern
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Malvern
About 2 of every 100 Malvern residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
About Malvern
Town in Alabama, United States
Malvern is a town in Geneva County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Dothan, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Malvern had a population of 1,536.
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- Area
- 14 sq mi
- Elevation
- 282 ft
- ZIP code
- 36349
- Area code
- 334
Malvern’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Malvern.
Malvern and Taylor have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Malvern and Taylor report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Malvern with a neighbor →
Questions about Malvern
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Malvern, AL expensive?
Not for the area. That is 3.4 years of the area's median household income ($57,791 across the Dothan, AL metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.