Marble Rock vs Rudd

A side-by-side comparison of Marble Rock and Rudd: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rudd has the higher population (568 vs 199 in Marble Rock). Rudd has the higher median household income ($74,000 vs $65,938 in Marble Rock). Rudd has the higher median home value ($104,800 vs $59,300 in Marble Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Marble Rock	Rudd
Population	199	568
Median age	55.1 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,938	$74,000
Median home value	$59,300	$104,800
Median gross rent	$592	$866
Housing units	117	241
Homeownership rate	74.7%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marble Rock	Rudd
Population	321 → 199 (-38.0%)	519 → 568 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$51,875 → $65,938 (+27.1%)	$50,268 → $74,000 (+47.2%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $59,300 (+9.2%)	$81,800 → $104,800 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $592 (+3.9%)	$575 → $866 (+50.6%)

Marble Rock

Population

321199

Median household income

$51,875$65,938

Median home value

$54,300$59,300

Median gross rent

$570$592

Rudd

Population

519568

Median household income

$50,268$74,000

Median home value

$81,800$104,800

Median gross rent

$575$866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marble Rock	Rudd
Under 5	1.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	12.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	7.5%	14.6%
35 to 44	6.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	9.9%
55 to 64	19.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	23.1%	11.3%
75 and over	7.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marble Rock	Rudd
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marble Rock	Rudd
No high school diploma	7.2%	6.5%
High school graduate	50.3%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marble Rock	Rudd
Drove alone	82.7%	81.1%
Carpooled	12.7%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marble Rock	Rudd
1-unit, detached	88.9%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Marble Rock	Rudd
Poverty rate	7.0%	12.3%
Average household size	2.01	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1950	1942