Aurelia vs Marcus

A side-by-side comparison of Aurelia and Marcus: population, income, housing, and more.

Aurelia and Marcus are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Marcus has the higher population (1,236 vs 905 in Aurelia). Marcus has the higher median household income ($75,288 vs $68,605 in Aurelia). Marcus has the higher median home value ($174,100 vs $135,900 in Aurelia).

Population, income & housing

	Aurelia	Marcus
Population	905	1,236
Median age	53.9 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,605	$75,288
Median home value	$135,900	$174,100
Median gross rent	$645	$637
Housing units	511	626
Homeownership rate	87.9%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurelia	Marcus
Population	883 → 905 (+2.5%)	1,233 → 1,236 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$67,000 → $68,605 (+2.4%)	$55,833 → $75,288 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$101,500 → $135,900 (+33.9%)	$101,500 → $174,100 (+71.5%)
Median gross rent	$522 → $645 (+23.6%)	$673 → $637 (-5.3%)

Aurelia

Population

883905

Median household income

$67,000$68,605

Median home value

$101,500$135,900

Median gross rent

$522$645

Marcus

Population

1,2331,236

Median household income

$55,833$75,288

Median home value

$101,500$174,100

Median gross rent

$673$637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurelia	Marcus
Under 5	4.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.5%	12.2%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	12.3%
35 to 44	4.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	19.2%	8.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	19.7%	12.2%
75 and over	11.6%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurelia	Marcus
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurelia	Marcus
No high school diploma	4.8%	12.3%
High school graduate	39.8%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurelia	Marcus
Drove alone	77.9%	86.3%
Carpooled	16.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurelia	Marcus
1-unit, detached	96.1%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aurelia	Marcus
Poverty rate	5.0%	5.3%
Average household size	2.03	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1961	1953