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 →

Trumann$790/mo

Typical home $137K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.65% · or rent about $586/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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

Malvern places higher on 17 of 22 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−TrumannSafer than 4% of U.S. towns

Schools

C−MalvernBetter than 23% of districts in the state CTrumannBetter than 26% of districts in the state

Health

DMalvernHealthier than 8% of U.S. towns D−TrumannHealthier than 3% of U.S. towns

17Malvern

5Trumann

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 127 towns #8#112 Most new homesHousing · 118 towns #99#35 Most conserved landOutdoors · 107 towns #67#36 Cheapest rentCost of living · 126 towns #35#2 Lowest property taxCost of living · 127 towns #20#50 Lowest obesityHealth · 127 towns #64#90 Highest graduation rateSchools · 115 towns #79#101 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 127 towns #96#117

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

MalvernTrumann

Snow a year1″4″

January low29°F 27°F

July high92°F 90°F

Growing season (days)220d 215d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)58th 86th

Outdoors & history

MalvernTrumann

Trails2 mi 1 mi

Conserved land0.7%1.4%

National Register places14 2

Archive photos—26

Famous people born here—3

Community

MalvernTrumann

Library hours a week43 hrs —

Colleges in town1 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

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

158 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MalvernAR TrumannAR

Malvern ↔ Trumann158 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

MalvernTrumann

People

Population 10,953Highest 7,410Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.3%Highest AR: +3.3% +2.2%Lowest AR: +3.3%

Median age 39.4±1.9Highest about the AR average 37.8±5.5Lowest about the AR average

Malvern and Trumann 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% 25.8%±3.4Highest AR: 23.1%

Trumann 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% 16.4%±3.3Lowest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.9%Highest AR: 25.7% 11.4%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.4%±1.4Lowest AR: 5.1% 2.9%±1.6Highest AR: 5.1%

Trumann 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±$14kHighest 24% below AR $38,881±$9kLowest 36% below AR

Malvern and Trumann 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 $112,300±$21kHighest 40% below AR

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $764±$43Highest 19% below AR $586±$191Lowest 38% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $541Lowest 48% below AR $730Highest 30% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 26.6%±10.2Lowest AR: 44.8% 52.3%±13.9Highest AR: 44.8%

Below poverty line 20.2%Lowest AR: 16% 25.4%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 50.2%Lowest AR: 66.4% 51.7%Highest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1969Lowest 18 yrs older than AR 1976Highest 11 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minHighest 4% below AR 21 minLowest 8% below AR

Work from home 4.2%±3Highest AR: 8.8% 3.8%±2.8Lowest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 23.4%Highest 15.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.8 miHighest 14.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.09Highest 0.52Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Little Rock (13%)Jonesboro (40%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.7%Lowest 1.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.3 miHighest 1.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 mi 0.2 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 6Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 63.4Highest 56.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #99 of 113 in AR #81 of 113 in AR

School district ASU THREE RIVERS CAREER CENTER · MALVERN SCHOOL DISTRICTTRUMANN SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Malvern High SchoolTrumann High School

Students per teacherat that high school 8.6Lowest 13.2Highest

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 Trumann

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

Malvern places higher on 17 of 22 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

158 miles apart

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