Malverne is a village in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 8,560 at the time of the 2020 census.

Geography

thumb|left|U.S. Census map of Malverne.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land.

History

Malverne was originally settled by the Rockaway Indians at an unknown point in history, with the current Ocean Avenue serving as an Indian path. Western settlements can be dated back to the 1700s, when the Abrams, Bedell and Pearsall families first settled and began farming the area.

Norwood, as it was originally known, formed a movement to become an incorporated village in the early 1920s. This area originally consisted of the communities of North Lynbrook and Malverne Park Oaks. It is widely believed that residents of the now Malverne Park Oaks area did not wish to become part of the new village and therefore requested not to be included. North Lynbrook was believed to be removed from the borders by then New York Lieutenant Governor Jeremiah Wood, who lived in that area at that time and did not wish to be in an incorporated village. The last farm in Malverne, Crossroads Farm at Grossman's was acquired by Nassau County and continues to operate as the last working farm in the village.

The name was changed from Norwood to Malverne because a Village of Norwood already existed in upstate New York. The name Malverne originates from Malvern, England. Alfred Wagg, the main developers from the Amsterdam Development and Land Corporation, had visited Malvern and liked the name.

Demographics

Racial and ethnic composition

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Malverne village, New York – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>

!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>

!Pop 2000

!Pop 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020

!% 2000

!% 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020

|-

|White alone (NH)

|7,887

|7,066

|style='background: #ffffe6; |6,163

|88.28%

|82.99%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |72.00%

|-

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|144

|260

|style='background: #ffffe6; |464

|1.61%

|3.05%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.42%

|-

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|3

|4

|style='background: #ffffe6; |11

|0.03%

|0.05%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.13%

|-

|Asian alone (NH)

|273

|354

|style='background: #ffffe6; |488

|3.06%

|4.16%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.70%

|-

|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|0

|1

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0

|0.00%

|0.01%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%

|-

|Other race alone (NH)

|11

|22

|style='background: #ffffe6; |109

|0.12%

|0.26%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.27%

|-

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|79

|71

|style='background: #ffffe6; |209

|0.88%

|0.83%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.44%

|-

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|537

|736

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,116

|6.01%

|8.64%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |13.04%

|-

|Total

|8,934

|8,514

|style='background: #ffffe6; |8,560

|100.00%

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

|}

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Malverne had a population of 8,560. The median age was 46.6 years. 19.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 22.1% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 93.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.1 males age 18 and over.

100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 3,068 households in Malverne, of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 65.5% were married-couple households, 10.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 20.5% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 17.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

2000 census

As of the census

Finances

In 2009, Standard & Poor's gave Malverne an AA+ credit bond rating, one of the highest ratings the financial institution gives out.

Education

Part of Malverne is in Malverne Union Free School District<!--UNI 18210-->. Another part is in Valley Stream 13 Union Free School District<!--ELM 29430--> and Valley Stream Central High School District<!--SEC 29520-->.

Notable people

  • Jason Michael Brescia – writer and director
  • Gil Clancy – legendary boxing trainer, commentator and International Boxing Hall of Famer
  • Tony Danza – actor
  • Francis T. Purcell – former Nassau County Executive
  • Ralph Flanagan – big-band leader
  • Woody Gelman – publisher
  • Jeffrey Goldberg – author and staff writer for The Atlantic Monthly
  • Ray Heatherton - stage and TV personality (The Merry Mailman), father of Joey Heatherton
  • Max Holden – magician
  • Dan Ingram – radio DJ
  • Stan MacGovern – comic strip cartoonist (Silly Milly)
  • Steven McDonald (1957–2017) – NYPD shooting victim, writer and speaker
  • Ole Olsen – Olsen and Johnson comedy team
  • Ralph Penza – television journalist
  • Atoosa Rubenstein – magazine editor
  • Rudy Rufer – New York Giants baseball shortstop
  • Frank Scoblete – author
  • Rick Shutter – drummer
  • Frank Springer – cartoonist
  • Charley Steiner – former ESPN sportscaster, current play-by-play voice for Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Anthony Tommasini (born 1948) – music critic and author
  • George R. Wodicka – biomedical engineering educator, researcher, entrepreneur, and academic administrator

References

  • Official website