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Marshalltown, IA

27,626 Population
19.2 square miles 1,439 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 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: 38.5 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,130 ±$1,491 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: $33,544 ±$1,288
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,068 ±$3,067 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: $73,315 ±$3,402
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.3% ±3% (3,780  ±801) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 11.2% † 4,333 (±2.1% / ±806)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.2 minutes ±1.7 (211,680  ±22,488) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 19.9 360,900 (±1.3 / ±26,576)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,135 ±284 Number of households
  • the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 15,496 ±282
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (26,521  ±66) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 2.5 38,889 (±0.1 / ±54)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.7% ±2.2% (407  ±135) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 6.2% † 523 (±1.6% / ±139)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,046 ±185 Number of housing units
  • the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 16,937 ±42
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$127,700 ±$8,208 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: $145,500 ±$6,283
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.6% ±2.2% (2,630  ±592.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 8.9% † 3,525 (±1.6% / ±648.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.8% ±4.4% (14,311  ±793.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 86.9% 23,022 (±3.2% / ±857)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.9% ±2.4% (3,656  ±420.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 22.6% 5,979 (±1.8% / ±466.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

20.1% ±2.1% (5,548  ±577) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 14.6% 5,856
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.2% ±1% (1,855  ±209) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Marshalltown, IA Micro Area: 8.8% 2,639 (±0.8% / ±226)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,855 Total veterans ±209 1,745 Male ±205 110 Female ±77

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