Marshall vs Mecca

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

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

Mecca has the higher population (670 vs 340 in Marshall). Mecca has the higher median household income ($42,917 vs $34,167 in Marshall). Marshall has the higher median home value ($84,600 vs $57,000 in Mecca).

Population, income & housing

	Marshall	Mecca
Population	340	670
Median age	48.2 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$34,167	$42,917
Median home value	$84,600	$57,000
Median gross rent	$1,110	$592
Housing units	201	225
Homeownership rate	56.9%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshall	Mecca
Population	293 → 340 (+16.0%)	365 → 670 (+83.6%)
Median household income	$54,688 → $34,167 (-37.5%)	$42,625 → $42,917 (+0.7%)
Median home value	$75,700 → $84,600 (+11.8%)	$51,200 → $57,000 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,110 (+4.4%)	$630 → $592 (-6.0%)

Marshall

Population

293340

Median household income

$54,688$34,167

Median home value

$75,700$84,600

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,110

Mecca

Population

365670

Median household income

$42,625$42,917

Median home value

$51,200$57,000

Median gross rent

$630$592

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marshall	Mecca
Under 5	2.9%	11.2%
5 to 17	9.7%	22.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	13.7%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	7.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	28.2%	7.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	9.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	6.6%
75 and over	5.9%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshall	Mecca
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	97.6%
Black or African American	18.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshall	Mecca
No high school diploma	8.4%	15.1%
High school graduate	58.2%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshall	Mecca
Drove alone	72.2%	80.5%
Carpooled	17.2%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	4.9%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshall	Mecca
1-unit, detached	65.7%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	31.3%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Marshall	Mecca
Poverty rate	6.3%	19.9%
Average household size	1.95	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1970	1938