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The Malvern handbook

Living in Malvern, AR: what to set up and who to call

Every home in Malvern is in ZIP code 72104. Malvern has its own train station.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Malvern, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Malvern.

Electricity

Power comes from Entergy Arkansas

Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Malvern. Its homes paid an average of 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $145 a month (its average across Arkansas).

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Malvern Waterworks

Malvern Waterworks supplies Malvern: about 80% of residents live in its service area. Hot Spring Co Water Assoc serves another 19%. It draws surface water and serves 14,410 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 59% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AR0000237.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Malvern

97% of 4,039 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 56% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
OptimumCable91%940/35
South Central ConnectFiber46%1,000/1,000
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL20%25/3
Resort Television Cable CompanyCable2%1,000/50
VerizonFixed wireless64%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless6%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Malvern’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Malvern.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Malvern kids go to
PK–4Malvern Elementary SchoolMalvern Special School District
7–8Malvern Middle SchoolMalvern Special School District
9–12Malvern High SchoolMalvern Special School District

Malvern is in Malvern Special School District.

CSchool gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Oct 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Malvern is in ZIP code 72104

ZIP codes where Malvern residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of MalvernZIP’s residents in Malvern
72104Malvern, AR100%46%
Area code501Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Malvern

Who supplies Malvern’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Malvern Waterworks (EPA ID AR0000237). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Malvern?

Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Malvern?

Optimum, South Central Connect, AT&T, Resort Television Cable Company, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Malvern?

72104. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Malvern in?

Malvern Special School District.

How do I register to vote in Malvern?

Arkansas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Hot Spring County Clerk. Check your registration at voterview.ar-nova.org.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.