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%

Stuttgart$730/mo

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

Malvern$830/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

12Stuttgart

8Malvern

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

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

Left end = #1 in Arkansas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Stuttgart’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

StuttgartMalvern

Snow a year3″1″

January low—29°F

July high—92°F

Growing season (days)—220d

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

Outdoors & history

StuttgartMalvern

Trails3 mi 2 mi

Conserved land0.9%0.7%

Settled1880 —

National Register places6 14

Archive photos12 —

Community

StuttgartMalvern

Library hours a week39 hrs 43 hrs

Colleges in town—1

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

73 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

StuttgartAR MalvernAR

Stuttgart ↔ Malvern73 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

StuttgartMalvern

People

Population 7,903Lowest 10,953Highest

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

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

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

Kids under 18 23%±3.2Highest AR: 23.1% 20%±3.4Lowest 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+ 16.6%±2.9Lowest AR: 17.6% 18.6%±3.1Highest 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+ 13.9%Highest AR: 25.7% 12.9%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.6%±2.2Highest AR: 5.1% 2.4%±1.4Lowest 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 $49,399±$8kHighest 19% below AR $46,250±$14kLowest 24% 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 $152,600±$24kHighest 19% below AR $104,500±$17kLowest 44% below AR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $872±$124Highest 8% below AR $764±$43Lowest 19% 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 $871Highest 16% below AR $541Lowest 48% below AR

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

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

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 2.2%±1.6Lowest AR: 8.8% 4.2%±3Highest 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 60.2%Highest 23.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 1.8 miLowest 18.8 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MalvernFew work in Stuttgart

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.9%Highest 0.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 3.4 miHighest 2.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 3Lowest

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

Schools

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

School district PHILLIPS COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTER · STUTTGART SCHOOL DISTRICTASU THREE RIVERS CAREER CENTER · MALVERN SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Stuttgart High SchoolMalvern High School

Students per teacherat that high school 12.3Highest 8.6Lowest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Stuttgart vs Malvern

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Stuttgart places higher on 12 of 23 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

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