Marble vs Taconite

A side-by-side comparison of Marble and Taconite: population, income, housing, and more.

Marble and Taconite are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Marble has the higher population (588 vs 541 in Taconite). Taconite has the higher median household income ($100,089 vs $54,688 in Marble). Taconite has the higher median home value ($217,900 vs $102,700 in Marble).

Population, income & housing

	Marble	Taconite
Population	588	541
Median age	30.8 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,688	$100,089
Median home value	$102,700	$217,900
Median gross rent	$725	$2,646
Housing units	261	268
Homeownership rate	86.2%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marble	Taconite
Population	614 → 588 (-4.2%)	770 → 541 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$34,911 → $54,688 (+56.6%)	$57,292 → $100,089 (+74.7%)
Median home value	$71,900 → $102,700 (+42.8%)	$98,600 → $217,900 (+121.0%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $725 (+16.0%)	$702 → $2,646 (+276.9%)

Marble

Population

614588

Median household income

$34,911$54,688

Median home value

$71,900$102,700

Median gross rent

$625$725

Taconite

Population

770541

Median household income

$57,292$100,089

Median home value

$98,600$217,900

Median gross rent

$702$2,646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marble	Taconite
Under 5	6.8%	1.7%
5 to 17	7.5%	21.8%
18 to 24	19.6%	4.4%
25 to 34	19.2%	7.0%
35 to 44	4.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	18.2%	15.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	18.5%
65 to 74	7.1%	13.1%
75 and over	3.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marble	Taconite
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	95.4%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	1.3%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marble	Taconite
No high school diploma	3.6%	6.9%
High school graduate	40.6%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	49.4%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marble	Taconite
Drove alone	63.8%	85.1%
Carpooled	31.4%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marble	Taconite
1-unit, detached	72.8%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Marble	Taconite
Poverty rate	16.2%	3.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1947	1982