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Marshalltown, IA

27,491 Population
19.2 square miles 1,431.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 38.7 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$29,271 ±$1,248 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: $32,737 ±$1,143
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$68,854 ±$5,413 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: $72,785 ±$3,066
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

14% ±2.7% (3,693  ±702) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 11.1% † 4,275 (±1.9% / ±714)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

17.4 minutes ±1.5 (213,455  ±20,492) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 20.1 364,570 (±1.2 / ±25,375)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

10,127 ±293 Number of households
  • the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 15,546 ±289
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.6 ±0.1 (26,261  ±56) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 2.5 38,624 (±0.1 / ±51)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

6.9% ±2.4% (414  ±147) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 6.7% † 563 (±1.8% / ±150)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

10,893 ±221 Number of housing units
  • the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 16,860 ±35
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$117,100 ±$5,547 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: $134,100 ±$6,549
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

11.7% ±2.4% (3,185  ±659.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 10.4% † 4,126 (±1.8% / ±701.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

82.1% ±4.5% (14,352  ±807.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 87% 23,081 (±3.5% / ±918.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
19.7% ±2.1% (3,437  ±375.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 21.5% 5,688 (±1.7% / ±452.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

19.1% ±1.9% (5,251  ±522) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 14% 5,586
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

9.4% ±1.2% (1,891  ±247) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 8.9% † 2,649 (±1.1% / ±329)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
1,891 Total veterans ±247 1,817 Male ±243 74 Female ±61

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