Albion vs Marshalltown

A side-by-side comparison of Albion and Marshalltown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marshalltown has the higher population (27,491 vs 617 in Albion). Albion has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $68,854 in Marshalltown). Marshalltown has the higher median home value ($117,100 vs $105,400 in Albion).

Population, income & housing

	Albion	Marshalltown
Population	617	27,491
Median age	43.3 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$68,854
Median home value	$105,400	$117,100
Median gross rent	$810	$864
Housing units	304	10,893
Homeownership rate	92.2%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albion	Marshalltown
Population	570 → 617 (+8.2%)	27,053 → 27,491 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$51,563 → $73,750 (+43.0%)	$52,035 → $68,854 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$84,000 → $105,400 (+25.5%)	$94,300 → $117,100 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $810 (-1.8%)	$685 → $864 (+26.1%)

Albion

Population

570617

Median household income

$51,563$73,750

Median home value

$84,000$105,400

Median gross rent

$825$810

Marshalltown

Population

27,05327,491

Median household income

$52,035$68,854

Median home value

$94,300$117,100

Median gross rent

$685$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albion	Marshalltown
Under 5	9.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	7.8%	20.7%
18 to 24	2.8%	9.3%
25 to 34	6.8%	12.3%
35 to 44	27.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	26.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	7.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	6.8%	9.7%
75 and over	5.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albion	Marshalltown
White (non-Hispanic)	56.9%	56.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	35.5%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	33.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albion	Marshalltown
No high school diploma	5.0%	17.9%
High school graduate	63.3%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albion	Marshalltown
Drove alone	92.8%	74.9%
Carpooled	2.6%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.3%	6.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albion	Marshalltown
1-unit, detached	88.5%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Albion	Marshalltown
Poverty rate	6.2%	14.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1948	1958