Alabama · Census place 0146264

Malvern, Alabama

Malvern is a town in Geneva County, Alabama with an estimated 1,677 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 216th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,677
#216 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+3.8%
+62 people
Land area
14.2 sq mi
Density
118 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Malvern. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Malvern population, 2020 to 2024

Malvern added 62 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.8%. In the latest year it moved by +18.

1,61520201,61620211,63820221,65920231,6772024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,612. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Malvern covers 14.24 square miles of land, for 118 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Malvern is less dense than the typical town.

What county Malvern is in

All of Malvern's residents live in Geneva County, which had 27,259 residents in 2024. Malvern holds 6.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Malvern

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Malvern by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 36301, 36305, 36375. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Malvern is

The Census internal point of Malvern is at 31.143700, -85.523000. Montgomery, the capital, is 96.7 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Taylor, AL (2,337 people), 3.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tallahassee, FL, 89.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.143700, -85.523000
DMS
31°08'37.32"N 85°31'22.80"W
UTM
16N 640798.8E 3446466.4N
Geohash
dje1jvs11
Plus code
863P4FVG+FQ

Daylight in Malvern

At 31.14° N, Malvern gets about 14 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Malvern

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Taylor, 3.3 miles away, with 2,337 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Malvern, AL?

1,677 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 62 (3.8%) from 1,615 in July 2020.

What county is Malvern in?

Geneva County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Malvern?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 36301, 36305, 36375.

How far is Malvern from Montgomery?

96.7 miles (155.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Malvern.

What is the nearest larger city to Malvern?

Taylor, AL, with 2,337 residents, 3.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.