A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Malvern$830/mo

Typical home $146K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.52% · or rent about $764/mo · Housing →

Stuttgart$730/mo

Typical home $128K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.57% · or rent about $872/mo · Housing →

The difference: $90 a month, about $1,100 a year, between Malvern and Stuttgart.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Stuttgart places higher on 12 of 23 AR lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Arkansas ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

DMalvernSafer than 9% of U.S. towns D−StuttgartSafer than 3% of U.S. towns

Schools

C−MalvernBetter than 23% of districts in the state CStuttgartBetter than 31% of districts in the state

Health

DMalvernHealthier than 8% of U.S. towns DStuttgartHealthier than 9% of U.S. towns

8Malvern

12Stuttgart

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 38 towns #1#21 Fastest growingGrowth · 126 towns #56#113 Most trailsOutdoors · 89 towns #62#27 Lowest property taxCost of living · 127 towns #20#67 Shortest commuteGetting around · 127 towns #64#27 Most affordableCost of living · 127 towns #20#50 Cheapest rentCost of living · 126 towns #35#63 Fewest smokersHealth · 127 towns #102#74

Left end = #1 in Arkansas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Malvern’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

MalvernStuttgart

Snow a year1″3″

January low29°F —

July high92°F —

Growing season (days)220d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)58th 73rd

Outdoors & history

MalvernStuttgart

Trails2 mi 3 mi

Conserved land0.7%0.9%

Settled—1880

National Register places14 6

Archive photos—12

Community

MalvernStuttgart

Library hours a week43 hrs 39 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

73 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MalvernAR StuttgartAR

Malvern ↔ Stuttgart73 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Arkansas average

MalvernStuttgart

People

Population 10,953Highest 7,903Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.3%Highest AR: +3.3% -11.4%Lowest AR: +3.3%

Median age 39.4±1.9Highest about the AR average 37.3±2.6Lowest 3% below AR

Malvern and Stuttgart are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 20%±3.4Lowest AR: 23.1% 23%±3.2Highest AR: 23.1%

Stuttgart and Malvern are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 18.6%±3.1Highest AR: 17.6% 16.6%±2.9Lowest AR: 17.6%

Malvern and Stuttgart are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.9%Lowest AR: 25.7% 13.9%Highest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.4%±1.4Lowest AR: 5.1% 5.6%±2.2Highest AR: 5.1%

Stuttgart and Malvern are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $46,250±$14kLowest 24% below AR $49,399±$8kHighest 19% below AR

Stuttgart and Malvern are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $104,500±$17kLowest 44% below AR $152,600±$24kHighest 19% below AR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $764±$43Lowest 19% below AR $872±$124Highest 8% below AR

Stuttgart and Malvern are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $541Lowest 48% below AR $871Highest 16% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 26.6%±10.2Lowest AR: 44.8% 48.7%±10.6Highest AR: 44.8%

Below poverty line 20.2%Lowest AR: 16% 23.1%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 50.2%Lowest AR: 66.4% 53.8%Highest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1969Lowest 18 yrs older than AR 1978Highest 9 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minHighest 4% below AR 18 minLowest 22% below AR

Work from home 4.2%±3Highest AR: 8.8% 2.2%±1.6Lowest AR: 8.8%

Malvern and Stuttgart are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 23.4%Lowest 60.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.8 miHighest 1.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.09Lowest 1.79Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Little Rock (13%)Little Rock (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in StuttgartFew work in Malvern

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.7%Lowest 0.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.3 miLowest 3.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 63.4Lowest 77.2Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #99 of 113 in AR #89 of 113 in AR

School district ASU THREE RIVERS CAREER CENTER · MALVERN SCHOOL DISTRICTPHILLIPS COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTER · STUTTGART SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Malvern High SchoolStuttgart High School

Students per teacherat that high school 8.6Lowest 12.3Highest

Arkansas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Malvern vs Stuttgart

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Stuttgart places higher on 12 of 23 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

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