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Malvern borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Malvern borough is a Census borough of 3,435 people across 1.26 square miles of land, in Chester County. Median household income is $117,548, 55.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 81 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $41.6 m.
81 sourced place values · tier FULL · 9 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Malvern
What Malvern is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area1.26 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,725
- County holding the largest share of its areaChester 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
- Population3,435
- Median age46.4
- Population under 18685 plus or minus 194
- Share under 1819.9 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Population 65 and over692 plus or minus 165
- Share 65 and over20.1 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Households1,543
- Family households872
- Share of households that are families56.5 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$117,548 plus or minus $24,705
- Per capita income$79,770
- Civilian labor force2,048
- Employed1,960
- Unemployed88 plus or minus 77
- Unemployment rate4.3 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over2,630
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher69.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree27.9 percent plus or minus 6.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Malvern
Housing in Malvern
- Housing units1,663
- Occupied units1,543
- Vacant units120 plus or minus 69
- Vacancy rate7.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Owner occupied856
- Renter occupied687 plus or minus 159
- Ownership rate55.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$521,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,169
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.1 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Single family units1,015
- Share single family61.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more648 plus or minus 154
- Share in buildings of two or more39.0 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1974
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 commute1,480
- Commuting under 15 minutes447 plus or minus 138
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.2 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more469 plus or minus 150
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.7 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Drove alone69.3 percent
- Carpooled1.3 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Public transport4.7 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home24.7 percent plus or minus 7.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Malvern
SBA loans in Malvern (7(a))
- Approvals81
- Gross approval$41,611,100
- Average approval$513,717
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$857,000
- Largest approval$4,150,000
- Jobs supported1,222
- Jobs per approval15.1
- Loans with a final outcome23
- Paid in full22
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans4.3 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more13.6 percent
- Share to franchises17.3 percent
- Distinct lenders28
- Distinct industries by NAICS45
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Malvern
SBA loans in Malvern (504)
- Approvals13
- Gross approval$16,800,000
- Average approval$1,292,308
- Median approval$537,000
- Largest approval$4,247,000
- Jobs supported233
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Malvern
Flood risk in Malvern
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420281
- Currently effective map date09/29/17
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Chester County, not Malvern
Chester County context, not Malvern figures
These are Chester 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 Chester County15,102
- Employment at those establishments, Chester County262,454
- Covered employment, Chester County251,284
- Average annual pay, Chester County$87,886
- Average weekly wage, Chester County$1,690
- Housing units permitted, Chester County1,529
- Of those, single family, Chester County1,187
- County product, 2024, Chester County$60,160,228,000
- County product change over the prior year, Chester County5.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Chester County$121,506
Every figure in this section is published for Chester 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.
- 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, Pennsylvania?
3,435, in 1,543 households. Malvern borough covers 1.26 square miles of land, which is 2,725 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?
Chester 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?
$117,548. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $521,800. Median gross rent is $2,169 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?
81 7(a) approvals totalling $41.6 m, across 28 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 13 504 approvals worth $16.8 m. 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?
Of the 23 loans that have reached a final outcome, 22 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 4.3 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Malvern in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Malvern appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420281, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
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 Chester 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.