Marshall vs Westfield

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

Marshall and Westfield 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 418 in Westfield). Marshall has the higher median household income ($70,950 vs $62,986 in Westfield). Marshall has the higher median home value ($118,500 vs $72,000 in Westfield).

Population, income & housing

	Marshall	Westfield
Population	3,987	418
Median age	42.7 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,950	$62,986
Median home value	$118,500	$72,000
Median gross rent	$850	$910
Housing units	2,067	206
Homeownership rate	70.8%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshall	Westfield
Population	3,543 → 3,987 (+12.5%)	695 → 418 (-39.9%)
Median household income	$45,703 → $70,950 (+55.2%)	$47,868 → $62,986 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$101,900 → $118,500 (+16.3%)	$64,900 → $72,000 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $850 (+28.0%)	$731 → $910 (+24.5%)

Marshall

Population

3,5433,987

Median household income

$45,703$70,950

Median home value

$101,900$118,500

Median gross rent

$664$850

Westfield

Population

695418

Median household income

$47,868$62,986

Median home value

$64,900$72,000

Median gross rent

$731$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marshall	Westfield
Under 5	5.8%	0.7%
5 to 17	12.2%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	8.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	7.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	17.7%
65 to 74	13.0%	27.8%
75 and over	8.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshall	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshall	Westfield
No high school diploma	5.2%	7.8%
High school graduate	37.9%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshall	Westfield
Drove alone	76.0%	91.5%
Carpooled	17.2%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	1.7%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshall	Westfield
1-unit, detached	74.9%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Marshall	Westfield
Poverty rate	4.9%	8.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1970	1949