Gilman vs Marshalltown

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

Gilman 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 613 in Gilman). Gilman has the higher median household income ($96,974 vs $68,854 in Marshalltown). Marshalltown has the higher median home value ($117,100 vs $81,900 in Gilman).

Population, income & housing

	Gilman	Marshalltown
Population	613	27,491
Median age	41.7 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$96,974	$68,854
Median home value	$81,900	$117,100
Median gross rent	$650	$864
Housing units	309	10,893
Homeownership rate	83.3%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilman	Marshalltown
Population	509 → 613 (+20.4%)	27,053 → 27,491 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$55,625 → $96,974 (+74.3%)	$52,035 → $68,854 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $81,900 (-3.0%)	$94,300 → $117,100 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$413 → $650 (+57.4%)	$685 → $864 (+26.1%)

Gilman

Population

509613

Median household income

$55,625$96,974

Median home value

$84,400$81,900

Median gross rent

$413$650

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)

	Gilman	Marshalltown
Under 5	6.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	20.7%
18 to 24	11.7%	9.3%
25 to 34	6.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	16.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	7.5%	11.7%
65 to 74	18.1%	9.7%
75 and over	1.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilman	Marshalltown
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	56.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	33.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilman	Marshalltown
No high school diploma	4.6%	17.9%
High school graduate	45.6%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilman	Marshalltown
Drove alone	74.0%	74.9%
Carpooled	18.0%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.5%	6.0%
Other means	1.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilman	Marshalltown
1-unit, detached	80.6%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Gilman	Marshalltown
Poverty rate	10.8%	14.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1954	1958