Marshall vs Martinsville

A side-by-side comparison of Marshall and Martinsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Marshall and Martinsville are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Marshall has the higher population (3,987 vs 1,212 in Martinsville). Marshall has the higher median household income ($70,950 vs $65,000 in Martinsville). Marshall has the higher median home value ($118,500 vs $73,600 in Martinsville).

Population, income & housing

	Marshall	Martinsville
Population	3,987	1,212
Median age	42.7 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,950	$65,000
Median home value	$118,500	$73,600
Median gross rent	$850	$588
Housing units	2,067	602
Homeownership rate	70.8%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshall	Martinsville
Population	3,543 → 3,987 (+12.5%)	1,211 → 1,212 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$45,703 → $70,950 (+55.2%)	$47,941 → $65,000 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$101,900 → $118,500 (+16.3%)	$70,800 → $73,600 (+4.0%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $850 (+28.0%)	$525 → $588 (+12.0%)

Marshall

Population

3,5433,987

Median household income

$45,703$70,950

Median home value

$101,900$118,500

Median gross rent

$664$850

Martinsville

Population

1,2111,212

Median household income

$47,941$65,000

Median home value

$70,800$73,600

Median gross rent

$525$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marshall	Martinsville
Under 5	5.8%	2.1%
5 to 17	12.2%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.5%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.0%	17.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.4%
75 and over	8.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshall	Martinsville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshall	Martinsville
No high school diploma	5.2%	6.6%
High school graduate	37.9%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshall	Martinsville
Drove alone	76.0%	85.1%
Carpooled	17.2%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	4.8%
Other means	1.8%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshall	Martinsville
1-unit, detached	74.9%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	3.3%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Marshall	Martinsville
Poverty rate	4.9%	22.2%
Average household size	2.10	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1970	1962