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Malvern city, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Malvern city is a Census city of 10,953 people across 9.68 square miles of land, in Hot Spring County. Median household income is $46,250, 50.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 22 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $10.6 m.
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Malvern
What Malvern is
- Census place typecity
- Land area9.68 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,131
- County holding the largest share of its areaHot Spring County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Malvern
How many people live in Malvern
- Population10,953
- Median age39.4
- Population under 182,193
- Share under 1820.0 percent
- Population 65 and over2,034
- Share 65 and over18.6 percent
- Households3,481
- Family households2,052
- Share of households that are families58.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Malvern
Income and work in Malvern
- Median household income$46,250 plus or minus $14,034
- Per capita income$17,517
- Civilian labor force3,546
- Employed3,347
- Unemployed199 plus or minus 157
- Unemployment rate5.6 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Adults 25 and over8,056
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.9 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.2 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Malvern
Housing in Malvern
- Housing units4,116
- Occupied units3,481
- Vacant units635 plus or minus 180
- Vacancy rate15.4 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Owner occupied1,748
- Renter occupied1,733
- Ownership rate50.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$104,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$764
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.8 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Single family units2,915
- Share single family70.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more872 plus or minus 276
- Share in buildings of two or more21.2 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Mobile homes328 plus or minus 180
- Median year structure built1969
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Malvern
How Malvern gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,226
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,655 plus or minus 379
- Share commuting under 15 minutes51.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,022 plus or minus 328
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.7 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Drove alone84.4 percent
- Carpooled9.0 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Public transport1.4 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home4.2 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Malvern
SBA loans in Malvern (7(a))
- Approvals22
- Gross approval$10,629,500
- Average approval$483,159
- Median approval$62,900
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,059,000
- Largest approval$2,475,000
- Jobs supported467
- Jobs per approval21.2
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full5
- Charged off0
- Median term84 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more27.3 percent
- Share to franchises4.5 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS14
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Hot Spring County, not Malvern
Hot Spring County context, not Malvern figures
These are Hot Spring County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Malvern measurements.
- Establishments in Hot Spring County513
- Employment at those establishments, Hot Spring County5,761
- Covered employment, Hot Spring County7,969
- Average annual pay, Hot Spring County$48,229
- Average weekly wage, Hot Spring County$927
- Housing units permitted, Hot Spring County4
- Of those, single family, Hot Spring County4
- County product, 2024, Hot Spring County$1,578,799,000
- County product change over the prior year, Hot Spring County5.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Hot Spring County$45,857
Every figure in this section is published for Hot Spring County as a whole and is not a measurement of Malvern. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Malvern questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Malvern, Arkansas?
10,953, in 3,481 households. Malvern city covers 9.68 square miles of land, which is 1,131 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Malvern in?
Hot Spring County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Malvern?
$46,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $104,500. Median gross rent is $764 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Malvern businesses?
22 7(a) approvals totalling $10.6 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $62,900. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Malvern, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Malvern borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Malvern. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Malvern figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Hot Spring County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Malvern.
Is zoning published for Malvern?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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