Best PlacesMalvern, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Malvern, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Malvern ranks 29,985th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Malvern
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Malvern's strengths and weaknesses
Where Malvern ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Malvern ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Malvern
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Malvern home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,309, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Malvern's effective rate of 0.57%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Malvern
Malvern runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Malvern.
Who works in Malvern, and how
Work in Malvern centers on construction and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Malvern
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Malvern.
What the weather is like in Malvern, month by month
Malvern sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| April | 78° | 66° | 57° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Malvern
The nearest airport, Easterwood Field, is about 62 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 96 miles away.
The best schools in and around Malvern
Schools across Malvern average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Centerville ElC · 34% proficient
- Oakwood ElD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crockett J HC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Centerville Jr-sr H SB · 48% proficient
- Crockett H SC+ · 38% proficient
- Oakwood H SD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Malvern school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Malvern measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Malvern against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Malvern
Is Malvern a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Malvern ranks 29,985th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, a strong job market, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Malvern expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $155,968. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $69,309 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Malvern safe?
Malvern is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $737 per resident a year.
Compare Malvern with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Malvern. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Malvern represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Malvern detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Malvern: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Malvern: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Malvern: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Malvern: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Malvern detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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