Battle Creek vs Marshall

A side-by-side comparison of Battle Creek and Marshall: population, income, housing, and more.

Battle Creek and Marshall are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Battle Creek has the higher population (52,392 vs 6,797 in Marshall). Marshall has the higher median household income ($75,220 vs $51,699 in Battle Creek). Marshall has the higher median home value ($169,800 vs $127,600 in Battle Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Battle Creek	Marshall
Population	52,392	6,797
Median age	37.6 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,699	$75,220
Median home value	$127,600	$169,800
Median gross rent	$934	$933
Housing units	23,717	3,428
Homeownership rate	65.1%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battle Creek	Marshall
Population	51,316 → 52,392 (+2.1%)	6,998 → 6,797 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$42,298 → $51,699 (+22.2%)	$50,969 → $75,220 (+47.6%)
Median home value	$86,500 → $127,600 (+47.5%)	$124,900 → $169,800 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $934 (+23.9%)	$732 → $933 (+27.5%)

Battle Creek

Population

51,31652,392

Median household income

$42,298$51,699

Median home value

$86,500$127,600

Median gross rent

$754$934

Marshall

Population

6,9986,797

Median household income

$50,969$75,220

Median home value

$124,900$169,800

Median gross rent

$732$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Battle Creek	Marshall
Under 5	6.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	11.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	13.9%
75 and over	6.1%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battle Creek	Marshall
White (non-Hispanic)	62.8%	90.7%
Black or African American	15.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	4.7%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battle Creek	Marshall
No high school diploma	10.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	34.9%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battle Creek	Marshall
Drove alone	77.0%	82.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	3.2%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.9%
Worked from home	7.2%	9.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battle Creek	Marshall
1-unit, detached	68.0%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	8.9%
20 or more units	12.7%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Battle Creek	Marshall
Poverty rate	18.0%	6.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1956	1957