Marquette vs Volga

A side-by-side comparison of Marquette and Volga: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marquette has the higher population (432 vs 255 in Volga). Volga has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $38,125 in Marquette). Marquette has the higher median home value ($137,000 vs $78,000 in Volga).

Population, income & housing

	Marquette	Volga
Population	432	255
Median age	48.2 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$38,125	$58,750
Median home value	$137,000	$78,000
Median gross rent	$696	$779
Housing units	280	146
Homeownership rate	66.0%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marquette	Volga
Population	396 → 432 (+9.1%)	193 → 255 (+32.1%)
Median household income	$42,143 → $38,125 (-9.5%)	$49,375 → $58,750 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$107,500 → $137,000 (+27.4%)	$60,000 → $78,000 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $696 (+21.0%)	$692 → $779 (+12.6%)

Marquette

Population

396432

Median household income

$42,143$38,125

Median home value

$107,500$137,000

Median gross rent

$575$696

Volga

Population

193255

Median household income

$49,375$58,750

Median home value

$60,000$78,000

Median gross rent

$692$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marquette	Volga
Under 5	2.8%	11.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	7.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	7.1%
35 to 44	7.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.8%
55 to 64	22.9%	22.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	14.9%
75 and over	10.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marquette	Volga
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	12.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marquette	Volga
No high school diploma	5.5%	5.8%
High school graduate	42.6%	56.0%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marquette	Volga
Drove alone	88.4%	68.1%
Carpooled	8.3%	29.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marquette	Volga
1-unit, detached	66.1%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Marquette	Volga
Poverty rate	19.7%	13.4%
Average household size	1.79	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	13	19
Median year structure built	1976	1938