Marshalltown vs State Center

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

Marshalltown and State Center 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 1,548 in State Center). State Center has the higher median household income ($72,303 vs $68,854 in Marshalltown). State Center has the higher median home value ($156,300 vs $117,100 in Marshalltown).

Population, income & housing

	Marshalltown	State Center
Population	27,491	1,548
Median age	35.7 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,854	$72,303
Median home value	$117,100	$156,300
Median gross rent	$864	$741
Housing units	10,893	687
Homeownership rate	66.9%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshalltown	State Center
Population	27,053 → 27,491 (+1.6%)	1,661 → 1,548 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$52,035 → $68,854 (+32.3%)	$63,375 → $72,303 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $117,100 (+24.2%)	$117,600 → $156,300 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $864 (+26.1%)	$613 → $741 (+20.9%)

Marshalltown

Population

27,05327,491

Median household income

$52,035$68,854

Median home value

$94,300$117,100

Median gross rent

$685$864

State Center

Population

1,6611,548

Median household income

$63,375$72,303

Median home value

$117,600$156,300

Median gross rent

$613$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marshalltown	State Center
Under 5	6.4%	9.6%
5 to 17	20.7%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	15.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	8.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.2%
75 and over	7.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshalltown	State Center
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	87.5%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	33.1%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshalltown	State Center
No high school diploma	17.9%	7.8%
High school graduate	32.9%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshalltown	State Center
Drove alone	74.9%	73.1%
Carpooled	15.7%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	16.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshalltown	State Center
1-unit, detached	70.7%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	5.2%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Marshalltown	State Center
Poverty rate	14.0%	10.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	17	28
Median year structure built	1958	1948