Malvern, AR, Arkansas: Realigner metro. In 2024, voted R+52%. Democratic peak: D+82 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+52MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 33,1802024 5-year
- Median household income
- $55,4052024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 82.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+82 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+52 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Malvern, AR, AROne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,818 | 9,226 | 12,283 | ||
| R | 3,082 | 9,202 | 12,557 | ||
| R | 3,149 | 8,172 | 11,560 | ||
| R | 3,830 | 7,097 | 11,260 | ||
| R | 4,288 | 7,209 | 11,955 | ||
| R | 5,901 | 5,960 | 12,065 | ||
| D | 5,527 | 5,042 | 10,981 | ||
| D | 6,002 | 2,864 | 10,155 | ||
| D | 6,308 | 3,036 | 10,616 | ||
| D | 5,090 | 4,181 | 9,405 | ||
| D | 5,836 | 5,629 | 11,546 | ||
| D | 6,897 | 3,561 | 10,817 | ||
| D | 7,809 | 2,187 | 9,996 | ||
| R | 2,872 | 5,378 | 8,333 | ||
| O | 2,137 | 1,780 | 8,056 | ||
| D | 4,543 | 2,911 | 7,522 | ||
| D | 3,454 | 1,732 | 5,854 | ||
| D | 3,525 | 2,923 | 6,502 | ||
| D | 3,474 | 1,842 | 5,331 | ||
| D | 1,932 | 555 | 2,764 | ||
| D | 1,646 | 853 | 2,510 | ||
| D | 1,730 | 482 | 2,217 | ||
| D | 1,581 | 444 | 2,033 | ||
| D | 2,542 | 237 | 2,806 | ||
| R | 999 | 1,126 | 2,130 | ||
| D | 793 | 392 | 1,340 | ||
| D | 1,061 | 910 | 2,024 | ||
| D | 1,429 | 645 | 2,074 | ||
| D | 668 | 248 | 1,205 | ||
| D | 833 | 686 | 1,566 | ||
| D | 605 | 537 | 1,175 | ||
| D | 763 | 423 | 1,198 | ||
| D | 1,331 | 292 | 1,644 | ||
| D | 1,025 | 277 | 1,441 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
11.8%
American
9.3%
German
7.4%
Irish
6.2%
Scottish
1.5%
French
1.2%
Italian
0.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 43.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$55,405
Malvern, AR ranks near the middle of US counties.
Malvern, AR$55,405
Arkansas$60,773
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.3%
Working age (18–64)14.1%
Seniors (65+)15.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.6%
speak English only
Spanish2.7%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Malvern, AR sits in the Mid-South. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 7 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Malvern, AR peaked at eighty-two points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2004 election delivered the metro to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of zero points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $55,405 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Malvern, AR, Arkansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Malvern, AR, Arkansas voted Republican by 52.2 points (R+52), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 12,283 votes cast, 2,818 went Democratic and 9,226 went Republican.
What is Malvern, AR, Arkansas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Malvern, AR, Arkansas as a "Realigner" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 25 times, Republican 8 times, and other 1 times.
When did Malvern, AR, Arkansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Malvern, AR, Arkansas voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Malvern, AR, Arkansas?
Malvern, AR, Arkansas has a population of 33,180 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Malvern, AR, Arkansas?
Median household income in Malvern, AR, Arkansas is $55,405 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Malvern, AR, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Malvern, AR, Arkansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 8 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.