Le Grand vs Marshalltown

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

Le Grand 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 779 in Le Grand). Marshalltown has the higher median household income ($68,854 vs $68,438 in Le Grand). Le Grand has the higher median home value ($124,300 vs $117,100 in Marshalltown).

Population, income & housing

	Le Grand	Marshalltown
Population	779	27,491
Median age	48.4 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,438	$68,854
Median home value	$124,300	$117,100
Median gross rent	$739	$864
Housing units	418	10,893
Homeownership rate	88.9%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Le Grand	Marshalltown
Population	990 → 779 (-21.3%)	27,053 → 27,491 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$56,000 → $68,438 (+22.2%)	$52,035 → $68,854 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$123,800 → $124,300 (+0.4%)	$94,300 → $117,100 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $739 (-6.3%)	$685 → $864 (+26.1%)

Le Grand

Population

990779

Median household income

$56,000$68,438

Median home value

$123,800$124,300

Median gross rent

$789$739

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)

	Le Grand	Marshalltown
Under 5	6.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	20.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	8.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	7.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	17.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	19.9%	9.7%
75 and over	8.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Le Grand	Marshalltown
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	56.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	33.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Le Grand	Marshalltown
No high school diploma	1.8%	17.9%
High school graduate	43.2%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Le Grand	Marshalltown
Drove alone	84.2%	74.9%
Carpooled	3.3%	15.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.2%	6.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Le Grand	Marshalltown
1-unit, detached	76.8%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Le Grand	Marshalltown
Poverty rate	11.8%	14.0%
Average household size	2.11	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1973	1958